Chyenne Little addresses the Ohio County Board of Education Monday night, expressing her outrage that Woodsdale Elementary School Principal Ashlea Minch recorded and publicly shared a video of her son falling off a sliding board on the playground.

WHEELING — Ohio County Board of Education members suspended Woodsdale Elementary School Principal Ashlea Minch without pay Monday night for videotaping and sharing a video of a student falling from a sliding board and receiving no help from school employees.

Her laughter can be heard in the background.

Following an executive session lasting nearly 90 minutes, members rejected Superintendent Kim Miller’s recommendation that Minch be suspended without pay for 10 days. The board instead voted unanimously to modify the recommendation and suspend Minch for not more than 30 days, retroactive to Jan. 21 and lasting no longer than Feb. 21.

During that time, Minch will get the opportunity to appear before the board at a special meeting to discuss her actions. The date for the hearing will be set at her convenience.

Board members will decide at that meeting what further punishment — if any — is appropriate for Minch.

Minch previously was lauded for spearheading efforts to raise $350,000 to improve the playground at Woodsdale Elementary School.

Chyenne Little, the mother of the boy who fell from the sliding board, addressed the board Monday night.

She told them the video had been circulating for about two months, and she had not even been made aware her 6-year-old son had fallen until the next day.

Little said she learned of the video from a friend — the parent of another student — who sent her the link.

“I’m beyond upset. This is my son,” she said. “You’re supposed to protect. When I send him to school in the morning, I’m under the assumption he is going to be taken care of.

“In this video, not one teacher came to his aid. Not one. He is seen to get up and go about playing. Thankfully, he was not hurt. But what if he was? Nobody was there for him. And Ashley thought it was hilarious.”

Little personally addressed Assistant Principal Rick Jones, telling him “you brought her to us.” Jones and Minch previously worked together when he was principal at John Marshall High School.

“I feel you are personally at fault. You brought her to this county,” Little told Jones. “You’re accountable. …

“What would you do if you were in my position. What would you do if it were your own child?”

Jones did not participate in the executive session where board members discussed Minch’s punishment.

Minch did not attend the meeting, and the board declined to discuss the personnel matter.

Four other parents also addressed the board to tell them the Triadelphia Middle School Band program is deteriorating, and they expressed their concerns about having band director Kevin Lilley in the classroom with their children.

Lilley’s medical issues over the past year has resulted in having substitute band teachers at the school, and the students have not progressed to the point where they will be ready to join the Wheeling Park High School band.

Pam Wilson, president of the TMS band boosters, said parents became most aware of the issues in the music department as they watched the band’s winter concert.

“It was a disaster, and I was mortified,” she said. “I felt so sorry for the students.”

The next regular board meeting is set for 6 p.m. on Feb. 10.