A portion of the Hancock County’s Board of Education agenda entitled “Delegations” is intended give the public an opportunity to voice any concerns or provide information to the Board in a public forum. Due to the nature of the agenda item. speakers are cautioned that guidelines specific no names may be mentioned.
At Monday’s Board meeting, the first speaker, Jessica Gray, had barely begun to express concerns about Weir High’s Band Director, than the Board voted to hear the callers concerns in an Executive Session. WV statute specifies that any personnel matter be discussed in executive session and the Board did not want the speaker or the Board in a position which would incur liability by airing personnel concerns in a public forum.
Chief Finance Officer Joe Campanelli presented the budget for the upcoming school year in a format he felt was clearer to Board members. After review the Board agreed to formally adopt the budget at a Friday meeting to be sent to the State for approval.
The Board added their support to a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement proposed by NUCOR Steel. The company is locating a trans loader facility near Mountaineer Park and as part of the State’s efforts to attract business and industry to the State is owned by the EDA (economic development authority) a non-profit exempt from taxes. The land is then leased back to NUCOR. Though not liable for any taxes, companies often offer a payment in lieu of taxes to the local government entities who normally would benefit from the new business. Seventy per cent of the property tax received goes to the school board.
In personnel matters, the Board took the following action:
**Approved leave of absences for Janet Arehart, Cara McMahan, Lynn Gardner and Julia Macaluso’
**Accepted the resignations of Andrea Dulaney, director of Teaching, Learning & Assessment and Mike Granato, PE teacher at Weir High;
**Approved Alisa Hanna and Andrew Bellebage to teach credit recovery and ACT/SAT Prep during the summer months;
**Approved Marc DeAngelo’s transfer from unpaid assistant coach at Weir Middle to paid assistant football coach paid;
**Approved Adam Welsh as Head Boys Soccer coach at Weir High;
**Accepted Jennifer Cooper’s resignation as sponsor of tthe Class of 2027 at Weir High;
**Accepted Robert Bozek’s resignation as Supervisory Aide/ECCAT, Allison Elementary;
**Approved Robert Orr and Bill Wiseman as substitute bus drivers;
**Approved unpaid days for Kathi Eastham, Supervisory Aide, Weirton Elementary;
**Approved doc days for Lori Sokac, LPN/Supervisory Aide, Weirton Elementary;
**Approved 12 doc days for Tammie Shaw, custodian at Oak Glen, for medical reasons;
**Approved a request for an overnight trip for .Weir High FBLA to the National FBLA Leadership Conference;
