State board also approves consolidation plans for Wood County
By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite multiple Wetzel County community members making the trek to Charleston to urge rejection of the consolidation of high schools there, the West Virginia Board of Education approved all requests Wednesday, including from Wood, Clay and Preston counties.
The board held its monthly meeting Wednesday at the Department of Education offices in Charleston.
The board approved amendments to Wetzel County’s Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan for 2020 through 2030. The amendments included requests from the Wetzel County Board of Education to close Hundred High School and consolidate it into Valley High School and to close Paden City High School and consolidate it into Magnolia High School and New Martinsville School.
The lone nay vote on all three motions was board member Debra Sullivan.
