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Raleigh County Schools board approves series of routine MOUs, facility contracts and an incentive stipend for early-childhood LETRS completion
Summary
The board approved multiple consent items and contracts — including a truancy-officer MOU, lighting and bleacher purchases, a Beckley Water easement and a $1,250 stipend for early-childhood teachers who complete the LETRS program — and rescheduled the December meeting.
The Raleigh County Schools Board of Education approved a package of routine agreements and budgeted facility contracts at its Oct. 21 meeting, including a memorandum of understanding for a school-based truancy probation officer, sports-lighting and bleacher purchases, a utility easement, and a $1,250 incentive for early-childhood teachers who complete the LETRS professional learning program.
Why it matters: The measures permit scheduled projects to proceed and formalize partnerships that affect student services and school facilities. The LETRS stipend aims to encourage early-childhood teachers to complete a yearlong training grounded in the science of reading and to remain in county schools for three years.
What the board did: The board approved by voice vote the following actions (motions were moved, seconded and recorded as "aye" unless noted):
- Place policy D.3.16 on 30-day public comment, following wellness-committee…
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