Wood County Schools Special Education Director Kara Small, left, and attorney Walt Auvil give the Wood County Board of Education opening remarks Monday during a personnel hearing. The board voted 2-1 to not renew Small’s contract for the 2025-2026 school year. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)
Human Resources Coordinator Carla Rippeto testified via zoom Monday in the personnel hearing for Special Education Director Kara Small. Rippeto claimed Small did not reach out to school principals when asked to create her Reduction In Force list for human resources. The board voted 2-1 to not renew Small’s contract for the 2025-2026 school year. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)
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- Wood County Schools Special Education Director Kara Small, left, and attorney Walt Auvil give the Wood County Board of Education opening remarks Monday during a personnel hearing. The board voted 2-1 to not renew Small’s contract for the 2025-2026 school year. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)
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- Human Resources Coordinator Carla Rippeto testified via zoom Monday in the personnel hearing for Special Education Director Kara Small. Rippeto claimed Small did not reach out to school principals when asked to create her Reduction In Force list for human resources. The board voted 2-1 to not renew Small’s contract for the 2025-2026 school year. (Photo by Douglass Huxley)
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Board of Education voted 2-1 Monday to not renew the contract of Special Education Director Kara Small after almost five hours of testimony.
Board member Debbie Hendershot voted to renew the special education director’s contract with board member Judy Johnson and President Justin Raber voting no. Board member Randy Modesitt was absent from the hearing and member Ron Tice had to excuse himself due to prior obligations before a vote could be taken. Read more from Monday’s hearing in the Wednesday edition of the News and Sentinel.
Douglass Huxley can be reached at dhuxley@newsandsentinel.com.