Hancock County school officials are confident that the water the students are drinking is safe.  Concern was expressed at last night’s Board of Education meeting after the train  derailment in East Palestine recently..  Superintendent Dawn Petrovich pointed out that each school gets their water from a different Public Service District and that all Public Service Districts test the water regularly and report downstate.

     Transportation director Chris Enoch explained that he had gone to a bus auction in Ohio County and  picked up three buses for $30.  The buses will be used for substitute buses and are newer than the buses currently on hand in the County.

       Board members requested and were provided with a list of current IT work orders not completed..

       The Board went into Executive Session to discuss the Superintendents Evaluation which will must be forwarded downstate by a specified time.  The Board did not emerge from the Executive Session according to one Board member.   No action was taken:

In other business, the Board:

**Approved unpaid days of  absence for Mallory Markowicz, Lauren Tayor and Natalie Charlton;

**Accepted the resignation of Sonya Byers,, Benefits Coordinator, Finance Office;

**Accepted coaching resignations from Kirten Malowski, Assistant Girls’ Track at Weir High; Eric Pipo, Assistant Wrestling, Weiir High; Justin Horstman, Asst. Boys’ Basketball, Weir Middle; Scott Wiley, Head Girls’ Basketball, Oak Glen Middle

**Approved were Jonathan Velegol, Asst. Boys Tennis and Steve McConnachie, Asst, Girls Track.   Both positions are unpaid volunteer,

**Tonia Witherow, supervisory aide, transportation, was approved one dock day;

**Tyler Hanilton was approved as a substitute custodian;

**Resignations were accepted frin  Keara Kush, Sup. Aide/ Weirton Elementary; Sandra Lusk, Cook III, Weirton Elementary;

**Izabella Riddle was approved as a Supervisory Aide II-IV/AM, initial placement – K-4;

**Linda Nicoles was transferred from a Supervisory Aide IV/AM, New Manchester Elementary to Supervisory Aide IV (ECCAT AM)Weirton Elementary

REQUESTS FOR THE FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT TRIPS WERE GRANTED AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

Oak Glen Middle School 6^th Grade Chorus will attend the WMMEA Conference in Chaleston March 1-3;

Weir High to attend the State Poetry Out Loud Competition in Charleston March -11;

Oak Glen Middle 8^th grade trip to Washington, DC,, April 28 – April 30; Weir High to attend Educators Rising Spring Leadership Conference in Canaan Valley March 21 – March 22

Weir High Bowling Team to attend National Championship in Dayton June 16 – June 19.

The Board’s next regularly scheduled meeting will be held at Oak Glen High, March 13 at 6:30 p.m.

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