The Kanawha County Board of Education approved payment of $29,891,640.94 in November bills, purchased $150,000 in Carnegie Learning professional development, awarded an emergency $229,947 sewer contract for Allen Creek Elementary and authorized up to $300,000 for Emergis Healthcare Staffing to provide behavioral supports. Each vote carried 5–0.
Diana Atkins, co‑president of Education West Virginia (Kanawha County), told the board that student behavior disruptions are impeding learning, urged consistent countywide discipline standards under Senate Bill 199, and asked the district to seek opioid‑settlement funds for wraparound services for children affected by the opioid crisis.
At first reading the board discussed revisions to the KCS Series C02 Hope Scholarship policy to separate homeschool rules, change extracurricular reimbursement to 1/12 of the scholarship rate, retain a 1/7 rate for courses, and add an enrollment block for outstanding fees. Staff said changes were cleared with the West Virginia Department of Education.
The Kanawha County Board of Education approved a revised personnel agenda, a lease-purchase agreement with Apple Inc. for district devices, and a lease of the McKinley gym to the city of Saint Albans, and tabled a deed transfer of East Bank Middle School athletic fields until the mayor could attend.
The Kanawha County Board of Education on Nov. 3 heard teachers describe how training at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta has changed classroom routines and student engagement.
WVU Extension agents reported on Nov. 3 that third-base after-school STEM programming and 4‑H clubs have reached nearly 2,000 children since 2020 and are on pace to serve over 560 students in 2025. Presenters described hands-on STEM lessons, evaluation results and staffing expansions.
At a special session Aug. 4, the Conroe County Board of Education approved a revised personnel agenda and voted 5–0 to adopt a hearing examiner’s findings and terminate employee Carolyn Wilkins effective immediately.
A resident, joined by the town mayor, asked the Conroe County Board of Education to accept deeds for town-owned property adjacent to a school for a proposed splash pad; the board said it could not discuss the delegation at the special session and will consider placing it on a future agenda.
At a special session called to order at 12:00 p.m. July 30, 2025, the Board of Education unanimously approved a revised personnel agenda listed as enclosure 18. The item was the only business on the agenda and passed on a 5-0 roll-call vote with no discussion.
