OK. HERE WE GO - More Info:
There was indeed a suspension on the "RECOMMENDED PERSONNEL MATTERS" Board Approved, Date: October 28, 2008 list from Tuesday's Board meeting. Not Mr. Thompson, but someone else from another Wayne County school. Preliminary info indicates this suspension may be related to a violation of both the WVDE and Wayne County Safe & Acceptable Use of Internet policies.

THE SVHS LSIC, Administration and Parents were told by Gary Adkins (Superintendent), Mike Rutherford (Assistant Superintendent), Tim Conzett (new Technology Director) and David Lycan (the County's attorney) BACK IN APRIL 2008, MAY 2008 & again in JUNE 2008 THAT MR. TODD THOMPSON COULD NOT BE SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED FOR VIOLATING THOSE POLICIES.

Even though PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN TERMINATED ALL OVER THE STATE OF WV FOR VIOLATIONS OF SUCH.

And now, at least, one employee of the Wayne County Board of Education (who does not have a parent who is a Wayne County Board Member) has been suspended in Wayne County for Violations of Such.

I guess that's progress.

Hmm. Or precedent.

When did they discover this employee's offense? Was it before Mike Rutherford's discovery on Thursday, October 23, 2008 of Mr. Todd Thompson's violation (again) of WVDE & Wayne County Acceptable Use of Internet polices by his re-posting multiple bogus SVHS webpages containing unauthorized photos of current and former SVHS students and soliticing inappropriate contact with minors and/or students via his WVNET access email?

OK. The CLOCK's ticking on that.

TICK. TICK. TICK.

The Superintendent must act. The Board must act.

The next Board Meeting is not until (Thursday) November 13th! It is supposed to be the big (once a year meeting) where all the LSICs from all the local elementary schools, middle schools, and SVHS (8 schools total) meet and the principals give their "Our School is Doing Great" reports to the Board.

(And thank you everyone who sent info regarding this and other matters)