Board of Education Meeting 10/22/2026

Berkeley County Schools Board of Education meeting, October 22, 2026, focused on district priorities ahead of the West Virginia legislative session. Board members and legislators discussed teacher and service-personnel recruitment and compensation, including regional locality pay; student behavior and staffing needs; hiring-posting timelines and service-personnel selection criteria; and special-education funding. The district cited 73 autism classrooms, roughly $36–38 million in special-education costs, and a board-approved supplement of up to $5,000 for autism-classroom teachers. The board also noted its June authorization to pursue legal action concerning state funding adequacy and its recent authorization to issue the required 30-day notice. Legislators and district staff discussed possible statutory and funding-formula changes, but no legislation was adopted at this meeting.

The group also considered whether qualified district employees could use passenger vans for specialized home-to-school transportation, potentially reducing reliance on outside providers such as Epic or Varsity. Staff agreed to provide legislators with a cost comparison; no contract award, vendor selection, or purchasing approval occurred. The board approved the meeting agenda and later adjourned. No procurement activity was identified.