4:49 → 5:01(12s)
The chair called the statutory session of the Kanawha County Board of Education to order at 4:00 p.m. and announced the single agenda item: a public hearing on preliminary operating budgets for fiscal year 2027.
At a 4:00 p.m. statutory public hearing, the Kanawha County Board of Education heard Melanie Meadows present the preliminary operating budget for fiscal year 2027, highlighting a proposed $403 million budget, enrollment-driven funding declines, a new charter-school allocation, state-mandated pay raises and planned staffing reductions. Board members asked questions about excess-levy staffing, charter timing and facility transfers; the board adjourned with budget approval scheduled for the following Thursday.
