043011-ARS-Assignment 10
By: Alyssa Salyers
I compared the online minutes for the Cabell County Board of Education meeting on March 15 to an article about the meeting, published in The Herald-Dispatch on March 16. I found the reporter focused on the two naming requests tabled during the meeting.
Although the naming requests were a major part of the meeting, the meeting minutes showed another item on the agenda that was just as highly discussed. Board members conversed about the new turf playground being placed in local area schools. According to the minutes, the board approved the motion to supply Huntington Middle and Southside Elementary with a new turf playground despite a challenge to the motion by a single board member. The article touched upon this fact, but did not go into detail as to why board member Parsons challenged the motion.
The first naming request written about in the article was to name the Barboursville Middle School football stadium. The other, to name the executive board room of the Cabell County Board of Education for the late Ted T. Barr. Both requests were listed in the meeting minutes. The article contained details of the board discussion of significant contributions made by former members. However, the meeting minutes did not contain a record of this discussion.
I would like to ask the board the following questions. I believe it would make an interesting story.
- How does the board recognize past members who have made outstanding contributions?
- Why should the board choose to name the board room after Barr?
- How were former board presidents honored?
- Should former board president be honored? Why or Why Not?
