Anthony Hall, a junior at Cameron High School, and Hailey Hill, a junior at John Marshall High School, were the liaison speakers during Tuesday’s Marshall County Board of Education meeting. (Photo by Shelley Hanson)

MOUNDSVILLE – Marshall County Board of Education members received feedback from two students representing their respective schools during Tuesday’s regular meeting.

Anthony Hall, a junior at Cameron High School, and Hailey Hill, a junior at John Marshall High School, served as liaisons to the board for their respective schools.

Hall said he spoke to the board about the need for additional funds for all athletes and groups at the school.

“I said one of things we could change is our funding,” he said. “Most of our funding goes toward our two main sports – our football team and our girls basketball team. Our other clubs, like high school cheer, have to split their funds with middle school cheer now. I think we could work better at that.”

Hall said he also talked about the need for repairs to be made to the school’s HVAC system.

“Some days it would just be extremely hot and other days it is freezing cold,” he said. “It’s been broken for a while.”

He noted portable units were used for a time but then taken out.

Hill said she updated board members on her school’s food outreach program that began last year.

“It’s monthly food boxes that go out to students who need food at home, especially during breaks or if they don’t have enough food at home or can’t afford it,” she said.

Hill noted that student council members fill the boxes monthly. Food is donated to the effort by fellow students, staff, community members and more. A recent food drive for the program also contributed.

“It’s going very well. We have a fully packed food closet right now,” she said. “It’s fully anonymous. The students we are packing boxes for, we don’t know who they are going to.”

The boxes also contain cleaning and hygiene products.

In other business, the board unanimously approved joining a class action lawsuit against social media companies. The board is represented locally by Gold, Khourey and Turak.

Superintendent Shelby Haines said the lawsuit claims that social media is harmful to students. The board was approached by lawyer Jeremy McGraw with the firm about joining the suit. Board member Duane Miller said there will be no cost to the school district in joining the suit.