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West Virginia school will remain open for now amid toxic groundwater fears
PADEN CITY, W.Va. (AP) — A small West Virginia school will remain open for now after a court temporarily blocked an effort to relocate classes due to the town’s contaminated groundwater being added to a national cleanup priority list. Last month, Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra R. Porter announced that students, faculty and staff at Paden City High School would be relocated to existing schools in nearby New Martinsville when classes resume in August. However, according to news outlets, attorneys representing a group of those students, faculty and staff filed a petition this week seeking to block the move. The petition argued that the federal government did not recommend closing the school because there was no health risk.
Judge Halts Closure of Paden City High School
PADEN CITY — An emergency court order issued Friday apparently slammed the brakes on a controversial plan to close Paden City High School. Judge Charles Richard Wilson in Wetzel County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon granted a temporary restraining order that prohibits Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra Porter from “illegally closing PCHS.” The judge indicated that there was no evidence of health and safety conditions at the school that — otherwise under state code — could have given Porter authority to take action to close it.
Tyler Consolidated welcomes Paden City students and staff with open arms at open house
TYLER COUNTY, W.Va. — An open house took place Thursday at Tyler Consolidated for Paden City students. After the temporary closure of Paden City Schools, some students are searching for another school in Wetzel County to attend, like Magnolia. But others are looking to go to Tyler County. The...
WVU widens service area to assist pregnant women, parenting families
A West Virginia University-led effort is extending its reach to 11 Mountain State counties, providing more low-income pregnant women and families with children access to health care and life skills through the West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants — HAPI — project. In partnership with local...
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