Board conducted personnel hearing; motion to ratify suspension and approve termination taken via computer vote (result not stated in transcript)

The Preston County Board of Education opened and closed an executive‑session personnel hearing on Oct. 27, 2025 and returned to open session to consider a recommended unpaid suspension and termination for employee number 9700458, a special education aide at West Preston School.

During open session the board president read the recommendation: "to ratify the unpaid suspension from October 13, 2025 through October 27th, 2025 and to approve termination of employee on October 27th, 2025 of employee number 9700458 from his or her position as a special education aid at West Preston School." A motion was made by Mrs. Nos and seconded by Mr. Proatter. The board called for a computer vote; the transcript records the motion and that a computer vote would be used but does not include the recorded vote tally or an announced outcome in the portion provided.

The transcript shows the procedural steps required under West Virginia Code 6‑9A‑ba for personnel matters (closed session) and documents that the board followed its public process for returning to open session and holding a public roll call/computer vote. No personnel identifiers beyond the employee number were provided in the public record segments available, and the meeting did not include a reported final vote count in the supplied transcript.

Because the transcript excerpt does not report an outcome, the public record in this file is limited to the motion, the employee number named in the recommendation, and the fact a computer vote was called; any final result should be confirmed with district minutes or later meeting records.