Current members:[1] The superintendent is Dr. Tom Williams Kanawha County Schools faced a multimillion-dollar budget crisis for the FY 2012, but had overcome the issue in time.
Superintendent Duerring stated that school officials' two major goals, if the shortfall was to occur, is to maintain the current curriculum as much as possible, and not decrease employee wages or benefits.
[3] For the 2008–2009 school year, Kanawha was ranked as being "Below AYP - Status Needs Improvement in One Or More Accountability Cells.
[5] Adequate Yearly Progress[6] WESTEST (West Virginia Educational Standards Test) 2 is defined by the WVDOE as "a custom-designed assessment for West Virginia students.
The individual content assessments measure a student’s levels of performance on clearly defined standards and objectives and skills.