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Bernard Bragen Jr. was hired on a 6-1 vote.

Supervisors, like their counterparts on the school board did a few weeks ago, got a glance at an approximately $8.8 million list of pressing facility needs that has raised concerns

The board, on a 6-0 vote this past week, decided to ask its administration to conduct an expanded audit. The administration will determine the exact scope of the process.

The board has made the decision to do no community presentation of the finalists.

It has until been unclear whether Miear has in fact received severance as a result of his dismissal, even amid public pressure on both payments and reasons behind his termination.

In his new function, which he’s set to start on July 11, the former Montgomery County schools superintendent will focus on the development and expansion of programs in the Wytheville,

Community forums will take place at Auburn and Blacksburg high schools at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively, on Monday. Then two more forums will take place at Eastern Montgomery

The advertised salary is higher than the $217,542 base salary listed in former Superintendent Mark Miear’s last contract.

The board is looking for a new superintendent.

The announcement of the accolade came well over a month after the Montgomery County School Board unanimously and formally terminated its former superintendent without cause.