Wetzel County board votes to post technology director and lead TSS positions after executive session

The Wetzel County Board of Education voted to post a county technology director position and a lead technology support specialist (TSS) after discussing the jobs in executive session.

Board President (Chair) opened the item and the board moved into executive session under West Virginia Code 6-9A-4(b)(2)(A) to consider personnel matters. On returning to open session, the board approved a motion to post both positions; the motion carried with four votes in favor and one recorded abstention. The board said it will obtain legal counsel to confirm whether the district may advertise the vacancies before revised policies are formally adopted and said it would not hire anyone until policy changes were completed.

“We would not actually hire them until the policy is passed,” a district staff member said, explaining the timing and the intent to move quickly with recruitment while preserving legal compliance. Board members discussed whether posting now would save time in filling roles that support district technology and network operations.

The board also outlined proposed edits to district policy affecting these positions. Revisions to policy GCB would add that lead TSS employees report to the director of technology and confirm a $10,000 salary supplement tied to a defined schedule; related edits to policy GCVA–R would reinstate the county technology director at a specified index of employment days and remove nursing oversight from that position, moving it to the director of attendance and student support services. The chair said those policy changes will be presented for first reading at the July 28 board meeting.

The board directed staff to obtain formal legal advice on posting the positions before policy passage and to bring the revised policies back for the board’s consideration at the next regular meeting.