Pocahontas County Board of Education Meeting Agenda, Monday, 1-28-19

On Monday, January 28^th at 6:00 p.m., the Pocahontas County Board of Education will hold its regular meeting at the Board of Education Conference Room in Buckeye with the following agenda.

The meeting will begin with approval of the minutes from the January 7^th   Board of Education meeting. After approving of the agenda for its current meeting, the Board will hear comments from the public – called “Delegations.”

Next the Board will receive Mr. Beam’s Superintendent’s Report and any Special Recognitions he wishes to offer followed by an informational report from Jarod Liptrap, the Student Representative to the Board of Education.

The Board will then examine and consider approval of the following financial matters:

Payment of vender claims; Grant awards; Budget adjustments; the January 4^th employee payroll; the December bank reconciliation; an increase in the rate of reimbursement for travel from 4.5 cents per mile to 5.8 cents per mile effective January 28^th; and approval of Pocahontas County Schools Summary Schedule of Revenues and Expenditures on a Cash Basis for the month ended December, 2018

The Board will then consider the following from the Miscellaneous portion of the agenda:

Approval of a 30-day comment period on Policy BCBM (first reading.)

Approval of Kenneth Beezley and Ruthana Beezley as Community and Volunteers for the 2018 -2019 school year.

Approval for the PCHS ProStart students to travel to the Greenbrier Resort retroactive to January 26^th and returning on January 28^th for a seminar.

Approval for the PCHS ProStart students to travel to the Charleston Marriott Town Center on February 14^th and returning on February 15^th to participate in the Junior Cast Iron Cookoff Competition.

Approval for the PCHS ProStart students to travel to the Morgantown Marriott on March 4^th and returning on March 6^th to participate in the State Hospitality Cup Competition.

Approval for the PCHS ProStart students to travel to Indiana University in Indiana, Pennsylvania and to Pierpont Community College in Fairmont, West Virginia to visit culinary colleges to explore their secondary options upon graduation.

Approval of a professional and service personnel agenda, an abbreviated copy of which can be found at the end of this story.

They will then end the meeting with a “matters of the Board” session where each Board Member can speak to the Board and to the public, followed by adjournment of the meeting.

PERSONNEL AGENDA

 January 28, 2019

 Professional and Service Personnel

PERSONNEL

Pocahontas County Schools

RETIREMENT:  Margaret Baker as Teacher of Art, Marlinton Middle School,  effective at the end of the 2018-2019 school year.

RETIREMENT:  Lisa Dennison as Chile Nutrition Director and alternative Education Teacher, effective at the end of the 2018-2019 school year.

Marlinton Middle School

EMPLOYMENT: jessie L. Sharp, as Head Basketball Coach (boys), effective for the 2018 -2019 season, at a supplement of $750.00. Retroactive to November 7, 2018.

EMPLOYMENT: Shannon Arbogast, as Head Basketball Coach (girls), effective for the 2018 -2019 season, at a supplement of $750.00. Retroactive to November 7, 2018.

Green Bank Elem./Middle School

RETIREMENT:  Cheryl L. Nelson as Teacher of 4^th Grade, effective at the end of the 2018-2019 school year.

Pocahontas County High School

EMPLOYMENT: Holly Beverage as Custodian IV/Sanitation Plant Operator, effective on January 30,2019. Shift 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

EMPLOYMENT: Jerald Ramos, as Itinerant Teacher of Special Education effective January 30,2019 for the remainder of the 2018 -2019 school year.