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Teachers unions protest W.Va. school board's new hire
By Mackenzie Mays, The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Board of Education members approved a new $104,000-a-year position for the school board on Wednesday, amid protests from teachers union members who came to the meeting to demand less bureaucracy in the public school system.

After spending about an hour in private session, board members voted to hire former Department of Education staff member Donna Peduto to act as the school board's first-ever director of operations.

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Teachers unions protest W.Va. school board's new hire
By Mackenzie Mays, The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Board of Education members approved a new $104,000-a-year position for the school board on Wednesday, amid protests from teachers union members who came to the meeting to demand less bureaucracy in the public school system.

After spending about an hour in private session, board members voted to hire former Department of Education staff member Donna Peduto to act as the school board's first-ever director of operations.

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