Pendleton County Schools moves into closed session, unanimously approves student expulsion

A board member moved the Pendleton County Schools meeting into executive session and, after the closed session, the board announced a unanimous vote to expel the student identified in the record as 2025–2026-1 for between 360 and 365 days.

The board member said, "I make a motion that we go into exec executive session per West Virginia code 6Dash9ADash43." The Chair called for a second, asked for a voice vote and stated that the motion to enter executive session passed.

The meeting resumed and the Chair said, "So let the record show that we come out of executive session at 05:36, and we did take an action in that there was unanimous approval for student 20 25 20 26 dash 1 to be expelled for 360 up to 365 days." No further details about the disciplinary findings or evidence discussed in the closed session were disclosed in the public record.

The action was announced immediately before a motion to adjourn, which the board approved. The transcript indicates the board relied on the authority cited during the motion; the record does not include a public presentation of the evidence given in executive session or any named vote tallies beyond the Chair's statement that approval was unanimous.

The board did not provide additional public information about the student, the conduct that led to the expulsion, or next procedural steps in the available transcript. The meeting concluded with a routine adjournment vote.