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Wetzel County Board unanimously approves minutes, personnel items and preliminary 2026–27 budget; MOU for cosmetology program ratified
Summary
The Wetzel County Board of Education unanimously approved minutes from April meetings, personnel reemployment for 2026–27 (pending certification), routine superintendent recommendations, and the preliminary operating budget for 2026–27; the board also approved an MOU to establish a cosmetology program at Wentzell Technical Center with neighboring counties.
The Wetzel County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve routine business including minutes from its April 28 and April 29, 2026 meetings, personnel resolutions and reemployment for the 2026–27 school year (contingent on receipt of required state certification), and the district’s preliminary operating budget for 2026–27.
Board President led motions to approve the minutes and personnel items; both motions were moved, seconded and carried without opposition. The personnel package covered professional and service personnel matters, leaves of absence and reemployment of probationary professional staff for the 2026–27 year pending appropriate state certification.
On fiscal matters, staff said the preliminary operating budget is available for public inspection and that monthly accounting feeds will appear on the district’s finance web pages. The board moved and seconded the preliminary operating budget and approved it unanimously. District staff clarified that audit figures and some charts may lag behind current-year transactions because audits run on a delayed schedule.
The board also approved a memorandum of understanding with Tyler County Schools and Glensel County Schools to create a cosmetology program at Wentzell Technical Center. Board discussion included administrative clarifications about equipment lists and next steps; members agreed that any expenditures tied to program start-up would return to the board for formal approval if required.
No roll-call tallies naming individual yes/no votes appear in the transcript; recorded outcomes for the motions were unanimous approvals. The board set the preliminary budget and routine approvals as part of its regular duties; the items will proceed under standard public-inspection and implementation processes.
