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Jefferson County Schools chair moves executive session for personnel and transfer hearings
Summary
The Jefferson County Schools chair moved to enter executive session on April 27, 2026, saying every employee with a hearing requested a closed session; the motion was approved by voice vote. The session was held under a cited West Virginia code provision for personnel matters.
The Jefferson County Schools chair asked the board on April 27, 2026, to move into executive session "for discussion and possible action on personnel actions and transfer hearings per West Virginia code 6 9 8 4," citing requests from employees for closed hearings. The chair said the requests meant personnel matters required private consideration.
A board member identified in the record as Miss Bratton moved to go into executive session and Miss Ogden seconded; the chair then called a voice vote and recessed into executive session. The transcript records the motion and the chair’s invocation of the statutory basis but does not include a roll-call tally; the motion was approved by voice vote, according to the chair’s announcement.
The action pertains specifically to personnel actions and individual transfer hearings; no details of the personnel matters or hearing outcomes were disclosed in the public portion of the transcript. The board later returned to open session and resumed other business before adjourning the public portion of the hearings to reconvene later in the evening.
