Board upholds superintendent’s recommendation to expel three Wheeling Park students

Following an executive session May 11, the Ohio County Board of Education accepted Superintendent Dr. Miller’s recommendation to expel three students from Wheeling Park High School.

Chair (Speaker 1) moved the board into executive session under the West Virginia code provision cited in the meeting (referenced in the transcript as "6 9 8 4 b subsection 3") to discuss the student discipline matter. After reconvening the open meeting, Dr. Miller recommended that the board support expulsions for the three students. A motion to accept the superintendent’s recommendation was made (Missus Aderholt provided the motion), seconded, and approved by voice vote; the transcript records that the motion passed unanimously. The board did not place further details about the students or the incidents on the public record during the open session.

The board’s action was a formal disciplinary decision taken in accordance with the statute cited when the agenda item was announced. The superintendent and board did not provide additional public comment on the specifics of the cases in open session.

Next step: The expulsions take effect as recorded in board minutes; the board did not specify appeals or readmission timelines on the public record at this meeting.