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Three Ohio County Schools Personnel Resign

Ohio County Board of Education members accepted the resignation of two teachers and one custodian, and suspended a second custodian, during a special meeting Tuesday.

Members convened the meeting to address Superintendent Kim Miller’s recommendation that a professional employee be terminated. Attorneys for Darlene Archer, a special education teacher at Bethlehem Elementary School, opted to have a private hearing on the matter shortly after the meeting began at 8 a.m.

Miller met privately with Archer’s attorneys for a brief time before board members left chambers for the private hearing.

Less than 15 minutes later, they returned from the closed-door session, and a motion was made to accept Archer’s resignation retroactive to Jan. 26. School officials offered no explanation for the resignation or for Miller’s recommendation for Archer’s termination.

Then, members again left the room to meet privately on three other personnel matters.

They returned to the public meeting and a motion was made to accept the resignation of Jeffrey Reynolds, a Wheeling Park High School German teacher, effective Feb. 27. The board unanimously approved the motion.

Motions also were unanimously approved to accept the resignations of WPHS custodian John Garlinger retroactive to Feb. 16, and to accept Miller’s recommendation that WPHS custodian Chris Saseen be suspended for one day without pay, effective today.

No further discussion was held on any of the personnel matters.

Among those present for today’s meeting were Wheeling Park High School Principal Amy Minch, Bethlehem Elementary School Principal Stacy Greer and Special Education Director Leah Stout. All of the school board members were present.

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