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Superintendent outlines RIF process, policy-review timeline and routine items for Logan County Schools
Summary
The superintendent told the board the district is scheduling hearings for employees affected by reductions-in-force, explained how transfers and reassignments are based on seniority and certification, and described an ongoing policy-review process with Neola and legal counsel.
The superintendent briefed the Logan County Board of Education on personnel procedures, policy revisions and routine action items at the March 10 meeting.
On personnel, the superintendent said employees who receive reduction-in-force or transfer letters have 10 days to request a hearing with the personnel office; hearings are being scheduled for the week of March 23 and the week of April 6. Reassignments after hearings will be based on seniority and certification rather than current assignment, and employees placed on the reduction-in-force list are placed on a preferred callback list with priority to bid on openings before those positions are posted to external applicants.
"These transferred employees may accept that new assignment... they may bid on other positions that are available in the district," the superintendent said, describing the seniority-driven process. He added that employee evaluations may affect contract renewals in some cases but do not alter the RIF placement order driven by state law.
The superintendent also reviewed action items in the packet: four surplus transportation buses (model years 2007–2013) listed for auction, a 4th-grade out-of-state field trip to Put-in-Bay, Ohio, a salary schedule with a typographical date to be corrected, multiple policy revisions on first reading and finance items. He reported invoices in the packet totaling $794,420.51, with line-item amounts for categories including education ($36,753.07), food service ($4,578.00), permanent improvements ($25,215.15) and fee-card purchases ($7,192.61). Detailed invoices are available at the central office for review.
The superintendent said the district is working with Neola to process policy changes in batches and that the policies page on the Logan County Schools website allows public comment on individual policy numbers and titles. He said legal counsel will review proposed language after the legislative session and that the board will receive recommended edits for consideration on subsequent readings.
Board members praised staff for recent school open houses, discussed aligning spring breaks with neighboring Lincoln County and highlighted an upcoming West Virginia School Board Association training in Charleston. The board scheduled its next regular meeting for March 24, 2026.
