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Brooke County Schools board unanimously approves superintendent and deputy superintendent contracts
Summary
The board voted unanimously to appoint Jeffrey R. Crook as superintendent and Corey Murphy as deputy superintendent to four-year terms beginning July 1, 2025, and approved several routine personnel, travel and financial items.
The Brooke County Schools board approved several routine agenda items and unanimously voted to appoint two administrators to four-year contracts beginning July 1, 2025.
A board member moved to appoint Jeffrey R. Crook as superintendent for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2025, at an initial annual salary of $150,000 with scheduled annual increases of 3% in each subsequent year. The written contract was described as distributed to board members and will be included in the meeting minutes. The motion carried unanimously.
Separately, the board moved to appoint Corey Murphy as deputy superintendent for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2025, at an initial annual salary of $135,000 with 3% increases each year thereafter; that motion also carried unanimously.
The board approved multiple other routine items on unanimous voice votes, including personnel actions under item b with an amendment to increase a student count, three items under the athletic director’s items, travel and field trip approvals, curriculum/cooperative items, a licensing request, two added items (an auto-mechanic teacher’s certification trip covered by CTE funds and a MathCounts competition at Belmont Technical College on Feb. 7, 2025 for 20 students and two adults), supplements and payment of current bills. Personnel announcements included a leave of absence for a primary teacher, Tracy Welch, and an absence for a speech-language pathologist (name transcribed as Rory Ropy).
