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West Virginia Superintendent says she’s relocating students because she can’t have students “sitting on chemical waste site”
A recent Decision by the Wetzel County Board of Education to close Paden City High School has left many upset. Parents, staff, students, and community members were outside the Wetzel County BOE building Wednesday morning fighting to save their school.
Classes at a West Virginia school will relocate over toxic groundwater fears
Classes at a small West Virginia school will be relocated this fall, two years after the town’s contaminated groundwater was added to a national cleanup priority list. Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra R. Porter announced the move Tuesday for students, faculty and staff at Paden City High School. They will relocate to existing schools in nearby New Martinsville when classes resume in August.
Harrison County Commission elects to keep Economic Development Corporation
The future of the Harrison County Economic Development Corporation hung in the balance Wednesday morning during a meeting of the Harrison County Commission meeting after some commissioners expressed frustrations over what they say was a lack of communication between the entities.
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