Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Upshur County board presses WVDE for written, measurable criteria to regain local control
Summary
Board members at an Upshur County Board of Education meeting pressed the West Virginia Department of Education for clear, written criteria they can meet to regain partial or full local control after nearly three years of state intervention; WVDE said it monitors several areas and will report back at the six-month review.
Board members at a meeting of the Upshur County Board of Education sharply questioned the West Virginia Department of Education about when and how local control of the district could be returned.
At the meeting Jeff Kelly, a WVDE representative, described the department’s monitoring work and said recommendations about returning autonomy depend on progress across three broad categories: sustained organizational capacity, effective board function, and maintaining teaching and learning as the top priority. “Those criteria … serve as the rubric for…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
