At the meeting the operations and support update focused on a set of consent and action items on the board’s agenda.

Mr. Boggs reported that the construction manager-at-risk (CMAR) policy is on second reading and that changes and additional feedback have been posted online. He asked board members to review the revised draft in the packet ahead of the next reading.

The agenda included several purchase approvals: a walk-in cooler/freezer for the HVAC lab at the Woody Williams Center for Advanced Learning and Careers (listed in the packet but the dollar figure in the spoken presentation was unclear), a purchase of Hill‑Rom medical/surgical beds to support health-science classes at the Woody Williams Center (Mr. Boggs said the West Virginia Department of Education provided funds for this item and the transcript shows $49,981.60 as the listed amount), and the purchase of replacement school buses through Matheny Motors (five 59-passenger special-needs CT buses and one 84-passenger transit bus). Boggs said the bus purchases are funded from general funds with an allocation from the West Virginia Department of Education; the spoken total for the bus purchase appears as $941,563 in the packet.

Boggs explained the need to update the fleet as buses age past typical service life and said some older buses will be auctioned. He thanked the Department of Education and CTE staff for grant assistance that reduced district expense for some equipment.

The board referred to the changes as second-reading policy updates and consent-packet purchases and moved forward with the consent agenda approvals elsewhere in the meeting.