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Preston County BOE approves minutes, personnel items, budget journals and calendar; postpones mowing contract
Summary
At its April 27 meeting the board approved multiple agenda items including minutes, service and professional personnel motions, budget journal entries, chaperone lists and the 2026–27 academic calendar (second read); it postponed a mowing contract to May 11.
The Preston County Board of Education approved a slate of routine and substantive items on April 27, including meeting minutes, personnel motions, budget journal entries and the district’s 2026–27 academic calendar on second read. Most votes were taken by voice and recorded as unanimous or near-unanimous on the record.
Key actions the board approved by voice vote included minutes from April 13, April 20 and April 21; the service personnel agenda; the professional personnel agenda (handled as an omnibus with three individuals removed for separate votes); chaperone and volunteer lists for several schools; the schedule of checks/payment of bills; and budget journal entries 158–163, which covered Title IV, teacher-of-the-year recognition, CTE equipment, a CTE block grant and 21st Century program entries. The board also approved an out-of-state trip: a May 8 visit to the Flight 93 Memorial for West Preston fifth graders; members noted the trip appeared to be funded from levy funds.
Separate votes addressed three professional personnel actions taken individually: the recommended action for Trickett was approved (recorded as 4–0 with one abstention), a recommendation for Noss was handled after Noss’s recusal and approved 4–0, and an action for Zigray/Ziggray was approved by a majority vote. The board also postponed action on a proposed mowing contract (spring 2026 through fall 2027) to the May 11 meeting so members could review vendor references and pricing.
On calendar business, the board held the second required public hearing and approved the proposed 2026–27 academic calendar; the superintendent will submit the adopted calendar to the West Virginia Department of Education ahead of the May 1 deadline and the State Board will give final approval. The board adjourned after completing the agenda.
