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Area End drought of an era See A3, A5, A8 See B5 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A5, A6, A8, A10 Oil & Gas Festival A12, B4, B5, B9, B10, B11 INNformer Page A11 Visit us online @ MOVinformer.com Volume 11, No. 18 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 September 6, 2024 Wetzel BOE to tackle consolidation By Charles Winslow NEW MARTINSVLLE – Citing declining en- rollments, district-wide staiffng issues and, after receiving more disappointing assessment test scores, the Wetzel County Board of Education will finally put the issue of consolidating high schools oiffcially on their agenda. The move to formally consolidate Wetzel Countys four high schools into two, at least ini- tially, was the subject of a special meeting of the Wetzel County Board of Education at the district oiffce at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug 30, just before the start of the Labor Day holiday weekend. Under the plan outlined during the special meet- ing, Paden City High School will be consolidated with New Martinsvilles Magnolia High School and Hundred High School will be consolidated with Pine Groves Valley High School for the 2025-2026 school year. The consolidated schools will have new names, school colors, mascots and mission statements. Paden Citys 7th and 8th grades, however, will be merged into New Martinsville Middle School as classes for those grades are held at PCHS but not at Magnolia. Continued on page A9 All WV county ROOTS BOE meetings to Residents of the Mid-Ohio Val- be live-streamed ley celebrate summer’s end CHARLESTON – As of Sept. 1, all with fun, food and fairs! We Mountain State local county boards know our roots are built on ag- of education will join Wetzel County riculture, labor and dirt and in live-streaming their BOE meet- we honor those to this day ings and posting them online. with county fairs, parades and In June the state Board of Education dirt-track racing! We don’t let approved a policy requiring board a little [OK, a lot of rain in a meetings at the county level to be couple of days] stop us from streamed and recorded via audio having a good time –unlike and video then posted online within those in the big rig haulers five business days after the meeting. who just had to get to Eldora. Under Chapter V – Board of Edu- Happy to see ya Fall! cation Meetings: “Beginning Sept. 1, 2024, video and/or audio of local board meetings shall be live streamed and recorded and posted to the county boards webpage within five business days of the meeting. Directions for accessing the live stream will be made available to the public via the county webpage and local board agendas. Ad- ditionally, a minimum of once per Continued on page A2 Monroe Co. Commission talks drought WOODSFIELD, Ohio – The on- going drought was the main subject when the Monroe County Commis- sion met Monday, Aug. 26, for their weekly meeting. “The farmers are going to be in real trouble,” Mick Schumacher said. With many of the countrys streams and ponds dry because of the ex- treme drought local farmers have to buy water from local water utilities and the second cut for hay, needed to feed cattle during the winter, has been sparse. While Noble County has made an emergency declaration for water shortage, so far water systems in Monroe County are OK. As noted Continued on page A5 INDEX USDA drought A8 Prep football B4 Paden City Council A2 Monroe County Fair A10 Hillbilly 100, kart tracks B5 UOCD: Drought relief A3 Oil & Gas Festival A11 Friday @ Hillbilly B6 Editorial: Better education A4 Business news A12 Election news: Ohio & WV B9 Drought advice A5 RECIPES: Grape crush B1 Restoring vintage transportation B10 Labor Day parade A6 Well pad fire B3 Event calendar B11
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