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Preston County board approves new policies and a mental‑health partnership, and signs off on routine business
Summary
The board approved a memorandum of understanding with a behavioral health partner aimed at reducing psychiatric admissions, adopted Policy 1147 and a policy on critical‑need teachers/retiree rehiring, and approved routine agenda items including minutes, scheduled checks and CTE grant spending.
During its Feb. 27 meeting, the Preston County Board of Education took several governance actions in addition to the personnel agenda.
The board voted to approve a memorandum of understanding with a behavioral‑health provider described in the packet as a collaborative effort to reduce psychiatric admission rates among students by providing assessment, participation in meetings and resource consultation. Administration described the MOU as a resource collaboration rather than a mechanism to shift students’ placements.
On policy matters the board gave final approval to Policy 1147 (as presented in the packet) and to a policy governing critical‑need teaching categories (referred to during the meeting as policy 8‑39‑8) that, among other things, clarifies categories under which retirees may be rehired beyond typical day limits in shortage areas. The motions passed on recorded voice votes.
Other board business included approval of meeting minutes, agenda items, scheduled checks (including those tied to a CTE store/grant) and out‑of‑state professional meeting attendance for an administrator. The superintendent’s report covered maintenance, CTE building deliveries and curriculum/PD scheduling; administration noted required training modules for staff related to the care and education of students with special needs (Policy 4600).
The board also discussed a district‑level proposal to set multi‑year literacy goals; members asked staff to return with assessment options and realistic incremental targets for consideration at a future meeting.
