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Parent asks board to approve volunteer pole-vault coach after paperwork delays
Summary
A parent, Rebecca McCracken, asked the board to approve her as an unpaid volunteer pole-vault coach after completing clearances and paying $580 for required training; she said failures to add the item to the agenda disadvantaged athletes and asked staff to follow up.
During public comment, Rebecca McCracken asked the board to approve her to serve as an unpaid volunteer pole-vault coach for Elkins High School. She told the board she completed required clearances and fingerprinting, paid $580 for state-mandated coaching training, and submitted documentation she believed would place the request on the meeting agenda.
McCracken said she made multiple calls to board staff and HR to get the item placed on the agenda but the agenda deadline passed Friday, so the approval did not appear and athletes may be disadvantaged at the upcoming meet. She acknowledged board policy that non-agenda items cannot be acted on except in an emergency but asked the board to take immediate lawful action within policy or to follow up promptly after the meeting.
Board members noted the policy on agenda deadlines and said staff would follow up with Miss McCracken after the meeting. No emergency approval was taken during public comment and no formal motion to approve the volunteer was made that night.
