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Board approves termination of BUHS choral director's extracurricular contract; state designee signs off
Summary
At a brief Upshur County Board of Education meeting, a personnel action to terminate the extracurricular (choral) contract at BUHS was recommended by the superintendent and approved by Jeff Kelly, designee for the West Virginia Department of Education; a special meeting was scheduled for May 1 at 10:00 a.m.
At a short meeting held in the Buckhannon-Upshur High School library, the Upshur County Board of Education moved to end an extracurricular contract for the school's choral director after the superintendent recommended the action.
The superintendent said the board had first discussed the personnel issue in March and "forgot about the termination of the extracurricular contract for the choral director at BUHS," and added, "I'm respectfully recommending that we go ahead and act accordingly in terminating that extracurricular contract." Jeff Kelly, identifying himself as a representative of the West Virginia Department of Education and designee for State Superintendent Michelle Blatt, said, "I hereby approve the proposed personnel action presented by superintendent Miller." The transcript does not record a public roll-call vote on that personnel action beyond Kelly's approval.
The agenda was accepted at the meeting with a motion moved by Sherry Dean and seconded by Rory Wager; the chair called for the ayes and the motion carried. Board members present were listed during roll call as Jan Craig, Sherry Dean, Susan King, William Parker, Rory Wager, Christine Miller, Tim Dorico, April Sinek (questioned during roll call), President Sarah Wills and Elaine Pugh.
The board confirmed it will continue meeting in the high school library so that attendees can attend the baccalaureate if meetings end in time. The board also added a special meeting for Friday, May 1, at 10:00 a.m. The chair adjourned the meeting at 11:02 a.m.
The transcript supplies no further detail about the extracurricular contract's terms, the personnel process timeline, or any appeal process; the names of the choral director or contract dates were not specified.
