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Preston County Board honors 19 retirees, recognizes state-track athletes and hears CarePortal pitch
Summary
The Preston County Board of Education recognized 19 retiring employees and 18 state-track qualifiers, and heard a request from Chestnut Mountain Village to pilot CarePortal — a church-led care-sharing platform — in one or two schools to connect families in crisis with local church resources.
The Preston County Board of Education on June 8 recognized 19 retiring service and professional employees for decades of service to Preston County Schools and applauded 18 Preston High athletes who qualified for the West Virginia State Track Meet.
Superintendent Bradley Martin and district staff read brief career highlights for retirees from cooks, maintenance and bus drivers to teachers and specialists, noting a combined multi-decade contribution to the district. "You have dedicated, in many instances, 30-plus years of your lives to the students of Preston County," Martin said during the recognition.
Later the board invited the Preston High track and field team to the dais. Coaches and board members announced athletes, events and placings, highlighting several athletes who earned all-state honors and multiple relay teams that qualified for state competition.
The board also received a presentation from Greg Clutter, director of Chestnut Mountain Village, about CarePortal, a care-sharing technology that routes urgent needs for children and vulnerable families to enrolled local churches and partners. Clutter said CarePortal has matched hundreds of thousands of dollars in private aid nationally and that a Preston County pilot (launched in May 2025) has already served local children and families. "CarePortal is a care-sharing technology that drives action for local children and families in crisis," Clutter said. He asked the board to consider allowing one or two schools to pilot the system and said local churches would typically pay the modest subscription (about $250 per school or $0.50 per student).
Board members asked about staff training and privacy. Clutter said frontline staff (student-support teams and counselors) would receive about an hour of training and that CarePortal requests would include a parent-signed permission form before sharing a first name and phone number with a responding church. The board requested CarePortal be placed on a future agenda for formal consideration.
No votes were taken on CarePortal at the June 8 meeting. The board approved other routine business during the session, including agenda and consent items earlier in the evening, and recessed between recognition segments to continue the meeting at 6:00 p.m.
