Brooke County Schools board approves consent agenda, schedules evacuation drill and moves personnel items

The Brooke County Schools board approved an 18-item consent agenda and voted to pay current bills during its regular meeting. Michelle Smith, who identified herself during the meeting as "Michelle Smith with Child Nutrition, Pro Services," presided over routine approvals and read personnel items into the record.

The board approved the minutes of the Aug. 11 regular session and then voted to adopt the consent calendar covering 18 items; the transcript records the votes as unanimous. Later the board approved payment of current bills on the superintendent's recommendation, also by unanimous voice vote.

Two personnel items were read into the record: Chelsea Colley (listed as an athletic volunteer, coaching cheer) and a resignation listed for a substitute teacher, Whitehead. The board moved into an executive session limited to new-business personnel; when it returned, members said no action had been taken in executive session. Afterward, the board voted to table the portion of personnel business described as the director of special-education student services record while approving the remainder of the personnel items presented.

A director-level speaker announced several items to be taken up at the next agenda, including a travel request for the Brooke High School girls golf team to compete in the West Virginia invitational Sept. 1–2 (the request included lodging, chaperones and meals), and that Deidra, an officer with the State Association of School Boards and chief school business official, will attend the national conference with costs covered by that national organization. The director also said the district will conduct a full evacuation drill for Brook Middle and Brook High on Wednesday, with Bruin Drive closed approximately 09:00 to 10:30 and coordination with the sheriff's office, local police, emergency medical services and fire/emergency management.

Quote highlights from the meeting include the chair's self-identification, "I'm Michelle Smith with Child Nutrition, Pro Services, etcetera," and the director's notice to the board and community that "Bruin Drive will be closed down at 09:00, and it'll probably be closed until 10:30 ish" during the planned evacuation drill.

The board set its next regular meeting for Monday, Sept. 8 at 06:00. The meeting record indicates motions and approvals were carried by unanimous votes where recorded; specific vote tallies and some item details (for example, a referenced "25.6" line) were not specified in the transcript.