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Braxton County Board approves personnel recommendations after executive session
Summary
The Braxton County Board of Education approved multiple personnel actions, including hires, resignations and volunteer approvals, after a brief executive session on Sept. 26 that produced no formal decisions. Two board members abstained from the personnel vote because family members were among the volunteers.
The Braxton County Board of Education on Sept. 26 approved a slate of personnel recommendations from the superintendent, including hires, resignations, volunteer approvals and leave requests, after briefly entering executive session to discuss personnel.
The board’s presiding officer (Chair) read the personnel list, which included the resignation of substitute teacher Ethan Gibson and a recommendation to hire Jessica Porto as a Title I itinerant teacher. The Chair also read multiple service recommendations (including bus operator candidate Andrea McCourt and ECAT/ECAD aides for Sutton Elementary) and a long list of volunteer approvals and transfers, including a transfer of Erica Whitney to temporary staff accountant effective Oct. 2.
A board member moved and another seconded a motion to enter executive session “under 6 9 8 4 2 8 to discuss personnel,” which the Chair put to a voice vote; the motion carried. Returning to open session, the Chair said, “There were no decisions made during the executive session and just informational.”
After the executive session, a board member moved to approve the updated personnel recommendations as presented by the superintendent. Two members stated they would abstain ‘‘because of family members’’ who were among the volunteers; the Chair called for the vote and the motion carried.
The personnel items read into the record also included multiple leave requests: an unnamed staff member seeking Oct. 13–20 using five personal days; a leave request from Chelsea Perouse as a Sutton Elementary teacher for April 28–May 4, 2026; and a leave request from Catherine Singleton at Davis Elementary for Nov. 30–Dec. 6, 2025. The board did not announce additional conditions or follow-up steps related to the approvals.
The board’s action resolves the superintendent’s recommended personnel slate for the moment; board members who abstained noted the reason on the record and the Chair confirmed the approvals were effective as presented.
