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JROTC THE GENESIS OF THE PROGRAM AND THE FACTS Paul Hardesty, President Logan County Board of Education Presentation to the Logan County Board of FEBRUARY 14,2013 Education from US Army on benefits and starting a JROTC program. LOGAN

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JROTC

THE GENESIS OF THE PROGRAM AND THE FACTS

Paul Hardesty, President Logan County Board of Education

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FEBRUARY 14,2013

 Presentation to the Logan County Board of

Education from US Army on benefits and starting a JROTC program.

 “U.S. Army Colonel James Runyon address

the board on benefits and cost of starting JROTC program in Logan County High Schools based upon 100 students

  • participating. Program would be offered at

three high schools with the instructors traveling between schools.”

LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES

See attachment 1

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LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES FEBRUARY 14, 2013-ATTACHMENT 1

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

 Logan Board of Education minutes reflect

action item for discussion and/or approval

  • f starting a JROTC program in Logan

County Schools. Note, BOE members’ comments giving credit to commissioned

  • fficer for contacting him (even while in

Afghanistan) wanting to get JROTC back in the school system. A second BOE member also made comments and thanked the commissioned officer for his input and help.

 “Discussion and possible approval of

Application and Contract for establishment

  • f Junior Reserve Officers Training Corp

(JROTC) and/or National Defense Cadet Corp Unit to be offered in the three Logan County High Schools”

LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES

See attachment 2

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 Mr. McGrew: “Tonight we voted to send a letter to the School

Building Authority saying that we are going to opt out of the 9 million grant. Ran out of options, all worked feverously to find

  • property. Within the next year we will find something. We are

committed to building the New Logan Grade School. Glad we voted to sign the contract for the JROTC program back in our school—Want to give credit to Richard O’Jeda—contact me about the ROTC back in school system. Even corresponded with me while he was in Afghanistan. A credit to him-continues to left up community to build up the community. Congratulations to Logan High girls’ basketball-third time in program history to attend state tournament. Man girls playing tonight have not heard their score. Congratulations to schools the boys who have made the sections and regionals.”

 --Mark McGrew, Logan County Board of Education

Member

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LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES FEBRUARY 28, 2013-ATTACHMENT 2

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Application for a JROTC Program

See attachment 3

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

 Logan Board of Education minutes

reflect the hiring of CRHS ROTC instructors (2), a senior instructor and a junior instructor.

 “Ojeda II, Richard-Chapmanville

Regional High School-ROTC Instructor (Senior)…effective October 8, 2013

 Lambert, Jeffrey-Chapmanville

Regional High School-ROTC Instructor (Junior)…effective October 8, 2013

LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES

See attachment 4

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LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 26, 2013-ATTACHMENT 4

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NOTE: THE LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HIRED THE TWO INSTRUCTORS 10/8/2013. JROTC APPROVAL WAS GIVEN TO START THE PROGRAM TENTATIVELY ON 1/15/2014.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

 Letter from Department of Army notifying

CRHS Principal, Kathy Moore, that Army retracts their awarding of a JROTC Program at CRHS. Letter further states another option to do a National Defense Cadet Corp (NDCC) Program, which would have to be completely funded by local BOE. No federal funds, no 50/50 match.

Letter from Department of Army

See attachment 6

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LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ARMY ATTACHMENT 6

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LOGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS

Application for NDCC

See attachment 7

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

 They are trying to get their “house in order”

giving the awarding, then withdrawing JROTC status to Logan BOE. Mrs. Hanlon appears nervous and says something needs to be presented to the Board. A Mr. Sovine say, “ there wasn’t a need to do anything at this point in time and do not contact Cadet Command at Fort Knox, KY.” He then informed Ms. Hanlon that “a lot of wheels are spinning” and to give things time to work out. It was his belief that a NDCC Program would be offered to CRHS in the near future.

Correspondence from SSG (R) Lambert to Jan Hanlon, Secondary Director for Logan County Schools.

See attachment 8

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LETTER FROM SSG (R) LAMBERT ATTACHMENT 8

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

 Letter stating the awarding of a NDCC

program (NO FEDERAL FUNDING)

 Note: CRHS awarded program the very

next day after Mrs. Hanlon’s inquiry of February 6, 2014.

 Also note in the award letter that the CRHS

instructors must be hired by April 1, 2014 for the senior officer and Mary 1, 2014 for the junior officer. THEY WERE BOTH HIRED ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2013. (See attachment 9 are refer back to attachment 4.)

Letter to Mrs. Moore, CRHS Principal from William Richardson, Colonel, US Army Director, Army ROTC

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AWARD LETTER TO KATHY MOORE, CRHS PRINCIPAL SEE ATTACHMENT 9

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014 Man High School application for NDCC NO FEDERAL MONEY See attachment 10

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Logan High School application for NDCC NO FEDERAL MONEY See attachment 11

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JUNE 11, 2014

Letter from Phyllis Doty, Superintendent of Logan County Schools, to the Director of the 4th Brigade JROTC, John Sovine, stating Logan County Schools would incur ALL COSTS FOR ALL THREE HIGH SCHOOL NDCC PROGRAMS. Notice the blank signature block for Board President Phyllis Adkins. No board action taken.

See attachment 12

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JULY 30, 2014

 Logan County Board of Education minutes

where JROTC instructors’ positions were created at Logan High School and at Man High Schools

 Logan High School-ROTC Instructor (1), 220

days

 Man High School-ROTC Instructor (1), 220

days

Logan County Board of Education Minutes See attachment 13

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LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES-JULY 30, 2014 SEE ATTACHMENT 13

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Letter from Department of

Army to Phyllis Doty, Superintendent, stating requirements for JROTC instructors at Logan High School and Man High School have not been met. Probation

  • f and possible

disestablishment of said programs could occur if staffing requirements are not met.

Letter from Department of Army to Phyllis Doty, Superintendent See attachment 14

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WARNING LETTER TO PHYLLIS DOTY, SUPERINTENDENT SEE ATTACHMENT 14

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JANUARY 31, 2016

JROTC annual certification

  • f pay and data forms for
  • CRHS. Note: These are the

first forms submitted since the start of any program to the Department of Army requesting any kind of reimbursement of money to Logan County Schools.

JROTC Annual Certification of Pay and Data Forms

See attachment 15

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JROTC ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF PAY AND DATA FORMS SEE ATTACHMENT 15

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SEE ATTACHMENT 15

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MARCH 15, 2017

 Letter from Department of the Army

to Patricia Lucas, Superintendent, stating that staffing requirements for the Logan High School and Man High School NDCC Programs have not been met. Programs being submitted for probation. This letter references letter in attachment 14.

 Notice the lapse in time from letter in

attachment 14 to this letter. Letter to Patricia Lucas, Superintendent Logan County Schools See attachment 16

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LETTER TO PATRICIA LUCAS, SUPERINTENDENT SEE ATTACHMENT 16

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JROTC TIMELINE AND TRUE COST SUMMARY

 See attachment 17

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ALL FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT TO LOGAN COUNTY PROGRAM TO DATE

 See attachment 18

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JROTC PROGRAMS IN WV COUNTY BY COUNTY & AVERAGE INSTRUCTOR SALARIES

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JROTC TO MILITARY, NON JROTC TO MILITARY BY SCHOOL 2014-2016

 See attachment 20

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JROTC INSTRUCTOR SALARIES CRHS, LHS, MHS 2016-2017

 See attachment 22

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FISCAL YEAR 12/13-15/16

LOGAN COUNTY

SCHOOLS: WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO?

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LOGAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

WARNING DOCUMENTS

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JULY 11, 2016

Letter from WV State

Superintendent Michael Martirano outlines financial concerns, excessive

  • vertime, excessive capital

improvement (field turf) and excessive consulting services.

Letter from

  • Dr. Michael Martirano

WV State Superintendent

See attachment 1

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WV STATE SUPERINTENDENT LETTER SEE ATTACHMENT 1

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JUNE 30, 2012 THRU JUNE 30, 2016

Logan County Schools Financial Analysis

See attachment 2

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LOGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS TAX REVENUES

2014-2017 See attachment 3

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LEVY SALARIES VS LEVY Note spending over formula and excess personnel

See attachment 4

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DOCUMENTS OUTLINING COST INCREASES (WORKERS COMP, LOSS OF EXCESS LEVY REVENUE AND CITY OF CHAPMANVILLE DEBT OWED TO BOARD OF EDUCATION SEE ATTACHMENT 5

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AUGUST 13, 2015

Memo from John Brennan,

Treasurer, to Board stating the following:

 Park Board $406,760.52  Drop in Medicaid Reimbursement $354,000  Workers’ Comp Increase $161,000  JROTC for one year $207,000 with no

federal math

 Maintenance Overtime $276,000  Field Turf and Holden Addition $5,400,000

Note: Closing comment from memo: “It doesn’t take long to spend $10 Million Dollars!

Memo to Logan County Board of Education from John Brennan, Treasurer See attachment 6

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Holden Elementary School

addition ran $2 million over the projection in the memo of August 13, 2015.

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LETTER FROM JOHN BRENNAN, TREASURER SEE ATTACHMENT 6

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OCTOBER 21, 2015 & DECEMBER 22, 2015

WV State Department

  • f Education warning
  • f cut to state aid

formula

See attachment 7

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 Letter from Treasurer John Brennan to Phyllis Doty and members

  • f the BOE dated March 2, 2016 outlining preliminary

computations, assessed valuations, levy and budget calendar for FY 17

 Mr. Brennan outlines a cut of $881,669.00 basic state aid due to

loss of enrollment. He says the BOE is 32.5 professional personnel

  • ver formula which translates to $1,690,000.00. BOE is 52.8 service

personnel positions over formula which translates to $1,372,800.00. Informs BOE of a loss in excess levy collections due to the decreased valuations resulting in another $1,083,596.00. BOE must book $2,300,000.00 for OPEB liabilities under GASB 68 accounting.

 Mr. Brennan then tells the BOE that he will have to transfer

$5,200,000.00 into the permanent improvement fund for the new Chapmanville School and auxiliary gym.

 See attachment 8

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LETTER FROM JOHN BRENNAN, TREASURER SEE ATTACHMENT 8

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JUNE 6, 2016

Letter from Treasurer

John Brennan to Phyllis Doty declaring the tax division is writing off a $4 million dollar bankruptcy that will result in the BOE losing another $2,600,000.

Letter from John Brennan, Treasurer

See attachment 9

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LETTER FROM JOHN BRENNAN, TREASURER SEE ATTACHMENT 9

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TREND DATA STUDENT ENROLLMENT FORMULA FUNDING

 The following chart shows enrollment,

employees over formula (professional, service and professional support staff) and total number of employees over formula for the past four years and projection for FY 2017-18.

 Note that the loss of enrollment over this

period is 580 students.

 This is like losing a whole school in itself.  Note that in 2013-14, enrollment was 6426

with 43.247 positions over formula.

 Note that for 2017-18, enrollment will be

5846, some 580 less students over the period, yet uncontrolled hiring over the same period leaves the system 93.368 positions over formula.

Projection for FY 2017-18

See attachment 10

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DECLINING ENROLLMENT LOSS OF 580 STUDENTS IN FIVE YEARS

The loss equals the size of Chapmanville Middle School! Or 42.65 teaching positions!

 FY 17-18 5,846  FY 16-17 6,063  FY 15-16 6,156  FY 14-15 6,271  FY 13-14 6,426

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MARCH 22, 2017

Letter from Amy Willard, WVDE CPA to Patricia Lucas, Superintendent

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2018 PROJECTED UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE IF NO CUTS ARE MADE

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 Note that four years ago, Logan County Schools ranked near the

top with respect to cash balances in the 55 county boards of education

 Excessive capital expenditures, excessive overtime and

consultants, as outlines by the WV State Board of Education and the irresponsible hiring practices of past boards are some of the reasons that we now face dire circumstances in this school

  • system. These factors could have and should have been

managed by the past board and administration.

 Factor in the loss of enrollment and state aide reimbursement, the

loss of revenue-from property valuations, levy and excess levy collections, bankruptcies and cuts from the state of WV, and you now have the components of the “perfect storm” of negative issues facing the Logan County Board of Education.

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 Given all aforementioned factors and issues listed above, the

Logan County Board of Education MUST make cuts-drastic cuts the size and proportion of cuts made not since those in 1995 while under the State takeover. Ironically, the same scenario played out in those days because prior boards were not responsible to the taxpayers of Logan County.

 This Board faces two options. One, we can make the tough

decisions that must be made and get our financial house in

  • rder. The second option is to do nothing and let the State BOE

take over our system for the SECOND time. This option would send a clear and concise message to the taxpayers and children

  • f Logan County. That message would be that we just simply

don’t care about out students, our employees and the hard working taxpayers of Logan County.

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 I cannot speak for any one of my fellow members. They can

speak for themselves.

 I cannot defend whatever decisions they make. They can

defend their own decisions.

 What I will do and promise to do, is make the most responsible,

educated decisions I can make for the good of ALL LOGAN COUNTY STUDENTS, not just certain groups or individuals.

 I will make my decisions based on DOCUMENTED FACTS, not false

information, pressure or falsehoods that appear on social media.

 My information packet presented this evening is not an attempt

to strong arm, editorialize or merely present my point of view or

  • pinion.

 I promised the voters transparency. Tonight, I present to you

transparency.

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 Every document I have presented in every attachment is official

BOE documents and matter of public record.

 The children deserve the truth. Our employees deserve the truth.

And by all means, the taxpayers deserve the truth.

 For these reasons, printed copies of my presented material is

available tonight, here and now at the meeting for all media present.

 For the taxpayers, school employees and the public, ALL of this

information will be posted in its entirety on the Logan County Schools’ website tomorrow morning.