The Wetzel County Board of Education approved the following personnel and routine matters at their Sept. 15 meeting Monday night, which was held at Hundred High School as part of the Local School Improvement Council meetings.

As to personnel matters, Board Member Linda Kirk expressed concern over there being no athletic trainer at Valley High School. Albright said there was currently someone subbing at the position.

Kirk stated she also had a question as to “whenever we are dropped like a hot potato, do we consider that next time should the person apply.” Assistant Superintendent Jay Yeager noted that it would be considered.

Kirk then asked if all positions at Wetzel County Schools had been filled; Yeager noted that the only position that wasn’t filled was a reading position at Short Line School. He stated that there was a certification issue, but the board was looking at possibly hiring someone to come in “a couple days a week to work with us, and then we will try to fill that next year.” He stated there were issues with a counseling position at Paden City, but the current teacher would substitute while the board searched for a counselor.

Resignations:

Mark D. Blair, acceptance of resignation from position as head girls basketball coach at Magnolia High School, effective immediately.

Georgia L. Bland, acceptance of resignation from position as countywide/itinerant supervisory teacher aide/braille specialist – special education, one-one-one, based at MHS, effective the end of the day on Sept. 17.

Ashley N. Lamp, acceptance of resignation from position as co-athletic trainer, football, at Valley High School, effective Sept. 5.

Kelly J. Lloyd, acceptance of resignation from position as seventh/eighth girls basketball coach at Short Line School, effective Sept. 9.

Logan A. Miller, acceptance of resignation from position as eighth grade boys’ basketball coach at SLS, effective immediately.

Richard D. Price, acceptance of resignation from position as co-athletic trainer, football, at VHS, effective Sept. 5.

Professional Personnel:

Shayla M. Brown, approval for employment as kindergarten teacher at Paden City Elementary School, effective Sept. 16.

Daniel I. Olack, approval for employment as countywide substitute teacher, effective Sept. 16.

Cole E. Simms, approval for employment as countywide substitute teacher, effective Sept. 16.

Troy V. Ware, approval for employment as countywide substitute teacher, effective Sept. 16.

Service Personnel:

Trina K. Adkins, approval for employment as countywide substitute supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Roxanne M. Barker, approval for employment as countywide substitute supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Morgan M. Bates, approval for employment as countywide substitute supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Kari A. Brown, approval for employment as countywide substitute supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Kent D. Burgey, approval for change in assignment from countywide substitute custodian II, 682/B, to evening custodian III, 683/C, 228-day employment, effective Sept. 16.

Sara L. Eller, approval for employment as countywide substitute supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Travis A. Emch, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Laura A. Hicks, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Serena A. Huggins, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Gregory S. Keith, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Tammy J. Long, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Roberta A. Mercer, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Annette K. Nice, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Andrea D. Pittman, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Anne J. Potts, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Stacy L. Pyles, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Melissa M. Shimp, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Lee A. Snedden, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Jonathan T. Snider, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Jeanette L. Soles, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Kishna M. Thompson, approval for employment as countywide supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Kimberly D. Ueltschy, approval for change in assignment from supervisory teacher aide – special education at SLS, 504/E, to superivsory teacher aide/early childhood assistant teacher – preschool at PCES, 506/F, effective Sept. 16.

Lou A. Virden, approval for employment as countywide substitute supervisory teacher aide, effective Sept. 16.

Extracurricular:

Theresa J. Beckett, approval for contracted services position as alternative education instructor, countywide, assigned to the WCCCF.

Valerie J. Cain, approval for contracted services position as alternative education instructor, countywide, assigned to the WCCCF.

Anita M. Howell, approval for contracted services position as fifth/sixth grade academic coach at NMS, effective Sept. 16.

Melissa J. Landis, approval for contracted services position as alternative education instructor, countywide, assigned to the WCCCF.

William E. Longwell III, approval for contracted services position as alternative education instructor, countywide, assigned to the WCCCF.

Service Personnel Performing Specialized Health Care for the 2014-2015 School Year, effective Aug. 13 (will receive one pay grade higher): Hundred High School, Farrah N. Cottrill (536-F)

Leave of Absence:

Approval of request from Jill C. Householder for an ‘unpaid maternity leave of absence’ from her position as supervisory teacher aide/braille specialist at NMS beginning upon depletion of her personal leave and permissive personal leave days, from Oct. 1 through January 30, 2015.

Routine Matters:

Request to Attend Wetzel County Schools:

Approval of request from William and Crystal Arnett for their daughter, Christina Nicole Arnett, to continue attending Wetzel County Schools

(VHS) for the 2014-2015 school year, pending release from Tyler County.

Approval of request from Christopher and Denise Neff for their children, Amber, Aubrey, and Isaac Neff, to continue attending Wetzel County Schools

(PCHS and PCES) for the 2014-2015 school year.

Approval of request from Christina Eastham for her daughter, Kaitlyn Eastham, to attend Wetzel County Schools (PCHS) for the 2014-2015, pending release from Tyler County.

Out of State Trips:

Approval of request from Scott Ash, Vocational Agriculture Teacher at HHS, to take eight students from the Hundred FFA Chapter to the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 28-Nov. 1. Funded through the Hundred FFA Chapter.

Approval of request from Jan Emch, Special Education Teacher at MHS, to take the Environmental Earth Science students to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Oct. 3, at no expense to the board.

Request to Use

School Facilities:

Approval of request from Jennifer Kolat to use the auditorium at HHS for the purpose of instructing martial arts classes, to be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings beginning Oct. 6.

Memorandum of

Understanding:

Approval of the Memorandum of Understanding which outlines the responsibilities of the West Virginia University Extension Service and those of the Wetzel County School System in regards to providing nutrition and physical activity programs for low-income families and/or children.

Approval on Second Reading of Wetzel County Policy JLCF, Use of Epinephrine Auto Injectors By Personnel; Second Reading of Wetzel County Policy IJA, Guidance and Counseling; and First Reading of Wetzel County Policy IGB, Alternative Education Programs for Disruptive Students.