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Braxton County Board approves personnel updates, MOUs, travel and multiple policy revisions
Summary
The Braxton County Board of Education approved executive‑session steps on personnel, accepted resignations and new hires, and carried motions approving travel, two MOUs and several policy revisions during its Oct. 7 meeting.
At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Braxton County Board of Education approved a sequence of routine and substantive items: motions to enter executive session on personnel, multiple personnel recommendations (resignations and hires), a travel request for a cross‑country team, memoranda of understanding with two partners, and the adoption or advancement of a set of board policies.
Motions and outcomes
- Executive session (football personnel matter): Speaker 3 moved to enter executive session under the cited personnel statute ("6 9 a 4 b 2 b") to discuss a matter concerning the football program; the motion carried and the board entered executive session (motion recorded beginning SEG 025; carried SEG 037).
- Consent agenda (payments and bills): The board moved and seconded approval of the consent agenda and carried the motion (SEG 651–660).
- Personnel recommendations: After a return from executive session the chair presented a personnel update listing resignations (including Mary Schamper; John Magdalene; Christopher Riston) and extracurricular appointments and hires (including Treba Simons; Wesley Spencer; April Ramsey; Bailey Stewart; volunteer approvals and permission to post positions). The board moved to approve the professional and service recommendations and accept resignations; the motion carried (SEG 678–733).
- Cross country travel: The board approved Braxton County High School’s request to travel for a state meet as moved and seconded; the motion carried (SEG 755–774).
- Memoranda of Understanding: The board approved a retroactive MOU with United Summit Center (described as expanding behavioral health services and not costing the district money; direct billing for non‑grant services to insurance or parents) and an MOU with the WVU Extension Family Nutrition Program to support the high school FFA; both motions carried (SEG 775–798; SEG 799–820).
- Policy actions: The board moved to repeal or advance multiple policies: repeal of policies identified as coaching vacancies and retirees as professional substitutes (policies referenced as 3150 and 3650 in the transcript) and second readings to advance a number of policies to third reading; on third and final reading the board adopted a set of policy revisions (listed in the meeting transcript). All motions on the recorded policy items were carried (SEG 821–912).
Votes
Most recorded motions carried without recorded debate; the transcript records unanimous voice votes in favor (counts reported as "5" for the board quorum on several motions). Individual roll‑call votes by name were not recorded in the transcript; where only a voice tally was recorded the article reports the motion as carried.
Next steps and notes
No formal outcomes were reported from executive session. Several personnel items list effective dates and positions in the meeting record (for example, a resignation effective 06/30/2026 and a bus operator resignation effective Oct. 9); the board approved posting and hiring actions as part of its personnel approvals. (Key action provenance: personnel updates SEG 678–733; MOUs SEG 775–820; policy adoptions SEG 867–912.)
