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Board asked to pause Cyber SWAT rollout as superintendent readies parent opt‑out policy
Summary
Superintendent Martin briefed the board on Cyber SWAT lessons required under Senate Bill 466 and said the district must document delivery for E‑Rate compliance; the board chair asked staff to pause implementation until a county policy on parental notification and opt‑out is adopted.
Superintendent Martin updated the board on Cyber SWAT (the digital citizenship lessons associated with West Virginia Senate Bill 466) and asked the board to allow staff time to draft a county policy addressing parental notification and opt‑out procedures.
The superintendent said the West Virginia Board of Education has released curriculum modules (called Cyber SWAT lessons) for grades 6–12 and that the K–2 district approach will continue to use existing Common Sense Media resources until state materials are available. He also said federal E‑Rate documentation requires districts to show a "good faith" effort to provide digital citizenship lessons to students; Preston County’s E‑Rate funding was estimated in the presentation at roughly $130,000 annually and could be at risk if documentation is inadequate.
The board chair asked the superintendent to pause student implementation of the new lessons until the board can consider a draft county policy and the parental‑notification/opt‑out process. The superintendent committed to preparing a policy for the board’s review at the next meeting and to coordinate with principals to identify schools that have already completed lessons for E‑Rate reporting.
