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Kanawha school de By Eric Eyre STAFF WRITER Kanawha County schools Associate Superintendent Charlene Byrd, who twice fell a vote short of becoming interim superintendent in recent months, resigned Thursday. Byrd will become a consultant to West Virginia State College and serve as acting director of the college's National Center for Human Relations, a race relations think tank. Byrd becomes the second top administrator in the Kanawha County school system to resign this week, the fourth administrator to leave in the past two months. The school system's attorney, Greg Bailey, resigned Monday after accepting a job at a Charleston law firm. Byrd, whose last day will be Oct. 31, said recent friction between the administration and school board was not a factor in her decision to leave. She also said she was not angry that school board members did not appoint her interim superintendent. As an associate superintendent, Byrd worked to improve cultural diversity in Kanawha County schools. She will continue that role in her new position. "I'll work to remove barriers to communication," said Byrd, who taught English at the college in the 1950s. "I've had 40 years in public education. I'm just going back to where I started." Since 1996, Byrd has served as president of the board of directors at the National Center for Human Relations. The center has applied for a grant that would pay for Byrd's new position at West Vir- Kanawha County schools Superintendent Charlene Byr Thursday to become a con West Virginia State College as acting director of the col tional Center for Human Re race relations think tank. May you do all the things that you've wanted to do And discover some new ones that interest you, As you leave your career and its schedules behind And enjoy days and years of the happiest kind. ALL THE BEST TO YOU Roanoke County schools may never be the same- Someday they will realize how valuable you were to the school system- your contributions were many- Charlene Best wishes in your retirement and starting your new responsibility with W.Va. State College. I enjoyed the years We worked together - I still miss you and think of you often- Come see us - Love you Bob & Marrian