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Raleigh County board approves training MOU, professional development and personnel actions
Summary
The Raleigh County Board of Education approved a series of motions including an MOU with Beckley Fire Department for CPR/Narcan/Stop the Bleed training, incentive pay for LETRS training for grades 4–5, Carnegie Learning summer academy funding, a YMCA pool usage agreement, and multiple personnel actions including administrative leave and a suspension for a bus operator.
The Raleigh County Board of Education approved several measures at its meeting, voting to formalize an MOU with the Beckley City Fire Department to provide compression-only CPR, Narcan and Stop the Bleed training for county staff and students.
A staff presenter summarized the MOU and the board approved the measure by voice vote. Chair (speaker 1) called for the motion and a committee member (speaker 2) moved to approve; no roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript.
The board also approved an incentive-pay agreement expanding LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning to 4th and 5th grade teachers. Ms. Blankenship, Director of Elementary and Early Childhood (speaker 9), told the board the program offers two volumes over two years with stipends: $1,500 for completion of volume 1 and up to $2,000 upon completion of volume 2, with a three-year continued-employment commitment tied to the stipend.
The purchase order for the Carnegie Learning Summer Academy (eight courses across K–12 in math and ELA, adding social studies and science for grades 6–12), presented by Miss Lowry (speaker 12), was approved; funding will come from teacher-leader induction funds and a portion of GEAR UP funding as described in the presentation.
The board also approved an agreement to rent pool space from the Beckley YMCA for Shady High and Woodrow Wilson High School swim teams.
Personnel actions were confirmed: the superintendent's recommended personnel list for 2025–26 was approved after a board member (speaker 7) requested several corrections to effective dates and staffing entries. The board approved administrative leave for teacher Tracy Barker and administrative leave and suspension of bus operator Jonathan Austin as recommended by the superintendent. Motions for these personnel items were moved and seconded and carried by voice vote.
The meeting record shows the board handled the motions by voice vote; specific roll-call tallies were not included in the transcript provided. The board recessed briefly afterward for LSIC meetings to begin at 5:30 p.m.
