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Board approves personnel moves, contracts, MOUs and policy revisions at Braxton County Schools meeting
Summary
The Braxton County Schools board approved routine consent items, personnel recommendations, several contracts and memoranda of understanding, a change to the professional learning day, and multiple policy updates and adoptions during the meeting.
At its meeting, the Braxton County Schools board approved multiple routine and agenda items, including personnel recommendations, contract renewals, memoranda of understanding and policy revisions.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, including approval of the July 15 minutes, budget transfers and payment of bills; motion moved and seconded and carried with no discussion. - Personnel: The board approved several resignations and employment recommendations (listed in the personnel section of meeting materials) and accepted voluntary transfers; motion moved and seconded and carried. - PLFS day change: The board approved moving the PLFS/PLFSA day from Monday, Oct. 13 to Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, to allow state troopers to conduct required active‑shooter drills and to provide benchmark test training for teachers; the motion carried. - Out‑of‑county attendance: The board approved requests for students RJB and WEL to attend Braxton County Schools from Gilmer County Schools for the 2025–26 school year; principals had signed off on plans. - E Walk purchase: The board approved purchase of an E Walk walkthrough/observation program from Harris Education Solutions for $5,950 to be paid from Step 7 technology funds; motion carried. - Starwell contract: The board approved the annual contract with Starwell for fiscal year 2025–26 to supply oxygen and materials for the district welding program. - HRDF MOU: The board approved a memorandum of understanding with the Human Resource Development Foundation for youth behavioral threat assessment and staff training (the service was presented as free to the district). - SCSC MOU: The board approved a memorandum of understanding with SCSC to provide a federal programs/technology/finance support assistant to improve cross‑training and staffing flexibility in the board office. - Policy actions: The board moved Policy 12‑50 (board meeting notices and agendas) and Policy 23‑23 (dual credit and AP) to second reading, moved several policies to third/final reading and adopted multiple policies (including policies noted during the meeting). The board also voted to repeal Policy 23‑20 (Honors and Advanced Placement) as superseded.
Where available, the motions, movers and seconds were recorded in the transcript; all listed votes carried with no recorded opposition. Several items referenced specific funding sources (for example, the E Walk purchase from Step 7 technology funds) or identified the MOU service as free (HRDF).
