Michael Bryan Kidd
Introduction
Michael Bryan Kidd, 41, is the principal of Logan Middle School in Logan County, West Virginia, who was arrested at his own school on October 13, 2026 on charges including public intoxication and child neglect creating risk . Logan County Schools confirmed that Kidd is the same employee the district said it removed from duties over the criminal charges, in a case that surfaced during the school day and involved conduct the district described as happening while the employee was on duty .
Background Information
Kidd served as principal of Logan Middle School, a public middle school in the Logan County school district, in West Virginia’s southern coalfield region . The Logan Police Department said officers arrested Kidd at the school after police met with a member of the Logan County Board of Education, indicating the district itself was drawn into the response as the arrest unfolded on campus . Details of the underlying allegations remain limited because the school system has not disclosed what it described as accusations involving an employee’s conduct while on duty .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
According to the Logan Police Department, Kidd was arrested on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 and charged with public intoxication and child neglect creating risk . Officers said the arrest happened at the school after police met with a Logan County Board of Education member, and Kidd was then arraigned in Logan County Magistrate Court . WSAZ reported the case with an update the following afternoon, confirming the charges against the Logan Middle School principal by name .
The district responded the same week. Logan County Schools said it became aware of allegations involving the conduct of a school district employee “while on duty,” and that officials “responded promptly and took immediate action to address the situation” . The school system confirmed Kidd as the employee who had been “removed from their duties” due to the criminal charges, but declined to release any information about the accusations themselves .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The immediate consequence was Kidd’s removal from his post at Logan Middle School, pending what the district called further review and consideration of appropriate action . The arrest’s setting — inside the school he led, on a weekday, with board involvement — made the case a matter of intense local attention in Logan County, and syndicated coverage carried the story across West Virginia and neighboring states within days . The district has balanced its public statements carefully, confirming the removal while withholding the substance of the allegations, which remain unproven charges in magistrate court .
Current Status
Kidd was arraigned in Logan County Magistrate Court following his October 13 arrest, and the criminal charges of public intoxication and child neglect creating risk are pending . He remains removed from his duties at Logan Middle School pending the district’s review, with the school system reserving judgment on “appropriate action” until the case develops . No trial outcome or disposition has been reported in the sources available for this page, and Kidd is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Impact on Their Career/Life
A school principal arrested on campus faces a career-defining event regardless of the legal outcome: the district has already stripped Kidd of his duties at Logan Middle School, and his return would require both the criminal case and the district’s internal review to resolve in his favor . Charges of public intoxication and child neglect creating risk, even as unproven misdemeanors, attach to the very role — supervising children — that his job exists to protect . For Logan County Schools, the episode tested its pledge of prompt action, which the district answered by removing the principal from duties the same week he was charged .