Fayette set to reveal pick from field of 6
By next Tuesday night, the Fayette County Board of Education aims to reveal a replacement for outgoing Superintendent Gary Hough, who will retire from his post on June 30.
This Saturday, Feb. 15, the board will stage a special meeting beginning at 9 a.m. at the board central office in Fayetteville for the purpose of interviewing candidates for the superintendent post.
Saturday's agenda features an executive session. The motion for the session says the board will conduct 'structured interviews of the six screened applicants for the position of incoming superintendent for a term commencing July 1, 2025.'
On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the board will meet in regular session beginning at 6 p.m. The group plans to consider and act upon the new superintendent who will guide the school system after Hough's departure. The board also will ask Jim Brown, executive director of the West Virginia School Board Association, in consultation with board President Pat Gray, to negotiate a contract with the chosen candidate. That discussion will include length, salary, benefits and other matters for a term beginning July 1. The proposed contract will be presented by Brown for board action at a future meeting.
In a previous interview, Gray declined to divulge the names of the applicants, but he did say it was a mixture of people from both inside and outside the county.
Also at the Feb. 18 meeting, the board will hear presentations from the Fayette County Family Resource Network's Diane Callison on Project Adventure 2025, as well as listen to a review of student achievement results and a scorecard review from Associate Superintendent Anna Kincaid-Cline.
The board will act on several policy revisions and a slate of personnel action, in addition to addressing a student discipline issue.
In March, the board will conduct several meetings, including four sessions on March 11. That day will include a special meeting for a work session (10 a.m.), a special meeting for the proposed levy order and rate sheet for FY 2025-26 (5:30 p.m.), a special meeting for a public hearing on the proposed school calendar for next year (5:45 p.m.) and a regular meeting (6 p.m.).
There will be a regional LSIC meeting for Oak Hill middle and high schools at the high school on March 18 at 6 p.m., possible special meetings for RIF/transfer hearings on March 25 and 26, and a regular meeting set for 6 p.m. on March 25.
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