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Upshur County Board reassigns committee seats, debates meeting frequency and transparency
Summary
The Upshur County Board reappointed members to local boards and committees, approved several reappointments, and debated meeting frequency and the superintendent’s information-sharing with local board members; a member requested more detailed budget/minutes linkages.
The Upshur County Board of Education approved a series of committee appointments and reappointments and engaged in a substantive discussion about meeting frequency and transparency with the superintendent.
The board reappointed Roy Wager to the Fred Eberly Technical Center Administrative Council; William Parker was reappointed to the Stocker Youth Center board of directors; Sherry Dean was reappointed to the Upshur County Public Library board of directors; and the board approved a representative for the Buchanan Upshur High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The board also approved a nomination to serve with the 4-H Foundation and the Upshur County Youth Camp nominating committee for an individual identified only as “Greg” in the transcript (last name not specified). Some nominations were accepted after members indicated willingness to continue; in one instance Susan King declined to continue on Parks and Recreation and Parker agreed to serve in that slot.
A board member asked that the minutes include budget journal entry identifiers or an attachment listing invoices approved at meetings to make the record clearer and support auditability; the member said they would follow up by email. That same member urged moving to two regular meetings per month and requested that administration provide regular reports on school usage, enrollment percentages and other metrics presented at a recent conference in Bridgeport. Several members expressed support for more frequent meetings and more transparent reporting.
Board members also discussed personnel readiness for the start of the school year. The transcript records conversation about the superintendent’s ability to hire when necessary and notes a typical one-day turnaround from the state department of education for processing personnel lists and background checks.
The board set its next regular meeting for Aug. 11 at 6:00 p.m. at Buchanan Upshur High School and adjourned at 6:19 p.m.
