[NFBWV-Talk] FW: Article from Hampshire Review News Section 2021 08 25

[Sheri Koch]

I have heard some bad ideas in my time but the facility for youth
 offenders is one of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard!!  I can’t believe it
even got any consideration whatsoever

Sheri

On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 1:32 PM Karen Swauger via NFBWV-Talk <
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> Subject: Article from Hampshire Review News Section 2021 08 25
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> 25 Aug 2021 11:19:36 -0500
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> Resignations precede 1st day of class. ROMNEY  State and local
> administrators at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
> remain tight-lipped about changes occurring on the Romney campus, but some
> information was reported at the State Board of Education meeting earlier
> this month.
>
> Students were in class Monday to begin the 2021-22 school year.
>
> The State Board, which directly oversees WVSDB, approved 21 resignations
> from school staff earlier this month. One new employee, a computer systems
> repair instructor, was hired.
>
> On Tuesday, the schools were advertising for 11 full-time positions and 2
> substitutes.
>
> The 21 resignations included 19 different people; 2 people each resigned
> from a pair of substitute positions.
>
> Jamie Vittorio, who had been the schools chief academic officer until
> this year, quit to take a teaching job with Hampshire County Schools. She
> was 1 of 2 principals on staff and also was the schools special education
> director and attendance director.
>
> Two of the 3 members of the finance department left, as did 2 nurses, 4
> teachers, 2 residential care specialists and 2 regional outreach
> coordinators.
>
> Anecdotal accounts say more staff has left since Aug. 11, but the state
> Department of Education is not required to address further resignations
> until the September State Board meeting when a list of employee moves will
> be published.
>
> Tuesdays ad sought 6 teachers  sign language, art, science, math, p.e.
> and multi-categorical. Two nurses, 2 residential care workers and an
> accountant were also needed.
>
> On a positive note, State Superintendent Clayton Burch told the State
> Board, faculty senate president Christy Mills has put together a 5-teacher
> leadership team that will meet with Burch monthly.
>
> Burch was in Romney again at the end of last week, addressing the staff
> and visiting Springfield-Green Spring Elementary School, part of the
> Hampshire County system.
>
> Burch also told the State Board that a pair of stakeholder meetings had
> gone well. Burch met with Department of Education representatives and a
> handful of Hampshire County representatives to talk about what use parts of
> the WVSDB campus might be put to.
>
> But at Julys meeting, Burch told attendees that because of their busy
> schedules, in the future meetings will be more piecemeal, addressing
> specific issues with specific people.
>
> A crew of 21 people from the Department of Educations Charleston office
> were on the WVSDB campus earlier this month to help move offices.
>
> Burch told the State Board that he is looking at bringing a dean of
> students to WVSDB, solely responsible for students education and the
> residence halls.
>
> Burch told stakeholders in July that WVSDB is likely to not have a
> superintendent in the future.
>
> Burch also confirmed to the State Board that:
>
> Residential students will be housed in Keller Hall this year.
>
> He expected 90 to 94 students on campus to begin the year.
>
> Mental health support is being completely overhauled, not only in the
> schools, but also the residence hall.
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