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Board reviews streamlined strategic plan, virtual-learning platform and approves personnel slate
Summary
Administrators presented a condensed strategic plan focused on leadership, reading and math, attendance and supports for homeless students; the board discussed a new virtual platform with upfront implementation costs and approved several personnel actions including teacher hires.
The board received a strategic-plan update that reduced the document from 13 pages to a concise five-page working plan. The administrator presenting the plan (identified in the transcript as Jennifer) outlined primary focus areas: leadership and professional development tied to the Leader in Me initiative, continued emphasis on the science of reading and a math-adoption rollout with associated professional development, supports for homeless and special-education students, and an attendance and engagement strategy coordinated with social workers and assistant principals. The presenter said the county plan was submitted on time to the state department and is now under state review.
Jennifer also described a planned virtual-learning platform (referred to in the transcript as "aelis" or the virtual platform) to replace an outsourced system. The first-year implementation cost was cited around $85,000 with lower per-school ongoing costs after setup; staff said managing the platform in-house would reduce previously observed hidden outsourcing fees that had pushed prior annual costs above $100,000 in some years. The board discussed K–12 coverage and potential enrollment of homeschool and alternative-education students; implementation would include a local staff member to administer the platform.
Separately, a board member noted that the 2024 Title N regulations are currently suspended for West Virginia due to an injunction referenced in the transcript; the district said it will continue to operate under the 2020 Title N rules until legal guidance is settled and the state notifies districts how to proceed.
The board entered an executive session for personnel and reconvened without action taken during the closed session. Afterwards the board voted on personnel recommendations. The transcript records the board recommending approval of Angela Taylor for a special-education teaching position and Amber Shaki for a third-grade teacher position at East Hardy Elementary. Amber Shaki's recorded vote was four in favor, one abstention; the board approved the remainder of the presented personnel slate.
