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Ohio news Inside Pages A2, A4, A5, A9, Newport VFD update A11, B2, B9, B10, B11 INNformer Page A11 Visit us online @ MOVinformer.com Volume 11, No. 13 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 June 28, 2024 Hundreds of PCHS supporters show at Wetzel BOE By Charles Winslow Education meeting at the beginning Wetzel of the three-and-a-half-Paden City High School would be County 4H building got little satis-hour meeting, refertemporarring to ily closed.the NEW MARTINSVILLE – Hun- faction. abrupt email announcement by dreds of supporters of Paden City “We cant change anything,” Fonner Wetzel County School Superinten- High School who showed up at the “Mrs. Porter had the right,” Linda said after noting a 2022 West Vir- June 25 Wetzel County Board ofFonner, board president, said at the dent Cassandra Porter June 11 that ginia Supreme Court ruling gave the superintendent the right to tem- porarily close the school. Porters June 11 email stated: “Pur- suant to West Virginia Code 18-4-10 (5) and due to the health risks asso- ciated with Paden City High School being located atop an EPA-desig- nated Superfund site, all students and staff of Paden City High School will be relocated at the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Students in grades 7 and 8 will relocate to New Martinsville School. Students in grades 9 through 12 will relocate to Magnolia High School. The tempo- rary closure of PCHS and reassign- Continued on page A2 ACLs American Melody to pass by SISTERSVILLE - While the first of the large passenger riverboats of the 2024 cruising season will be coming up the Ohio River in a few days, it may not be what most boat enthusiasts are used to seeing. The American Melody, owned by American Cruise Lines, loaded passengers in St Louis June 28 for its first ever trip to Pittsburgh. The 380-foot American Melody is the fourth riv- decks, four with cabins, a 175 passenger capacity grace and grandeur of the sternwheelers with erboat in ACLs “Modern Series” of vessels built in its 91 staterooms. their Modern Series – in favor of a straight bow by Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Mary- Aesthetically, ACL has abandoned the traditional land and entered service in 2021. It has five Continued on page A11 hool yearFHMS bans cell phones for 2024-25 sc By Ashley Johnson Superintendent Beth Brown spoke said carpet cleaning in the schools is summer break Aug. 19-20 for pro- fessional development and begin- about the student wellness and suc- projected to start Aug. 1 and the MATAMORAS, Ohio – Frontier ning of year preparations. She said cess plan for the upcoming schoolMatamoras gym floor will be buffed High and Middle School will ban FLSD plans to hold morning PD year. This plan provides mental and and re-waxed Aug. 5. She also said cell phones for both students and sessions for staff Aug. 20 and will in- physical health services to students. a well-plugging project on district staff during school hours starting clude training on the following with the 2024-2025 school year. Brown said an additional counselor land was estimated to cost $14,000 will work in the district this year and and would be on a future agenda. topics requested by staff: Infinite case workers would be available, as Campus, Google, AI and Clever. Principal Todd Bradford made the In other updates on buildings and announcement at the June 18 Fron- well. BOE Treasurer Lee Howard pro- grounds, Brown said the football tier Local School District Board of vided a five-year forecast on the dis- She also provided an update fromscoreboard project is underw ay, as is tricts general fund, July 1, 2023 Education meeting at Frontier High the building and grounds commit- demolition of the old K-3 building. through June 30, 2028. Howard re- & Middle School (FHMS) media tee. Floors in all of the schools are Badger Construction has been con- ported the district is projecting a center. This follows Ohio Governor being waxed. Repairs for the sewer tracted to remove asbestos from the positive cash balance for June 30, Mike DeWines House Bill 250 line and domestic hot water line will building and has begun work. Brown 2028. The state requires districts to Model Policy. be done by Pioneer July 1. Brown added staff will return to work from have a minimum cash balance of $500,000 for any given 30-60 day FIREWORKS! period and districts may not have a negative balance. The FLSD is aver- aging well above the recommended JUNE 30 NEW MARTINSVILLE balance, he said, reporting more than $4 million in 2021 and $4.5 JULY 3 million in 2023. He projects FLSD to have a cash balance of over $3 WOODSFIELD million in 2028. The decrease is based on current state funding pro- JULY 4TH - grams that will end before 2028 and future predicted expenditures. WHEELING In fiscal year 2024, the general fund is estimated to have $9,004,810 in JULY 6 - revenue. State funding will be 72.3 percent of that revenue and 27.7 per- HUNDRED cent from local sources such as real estate taxes and PUPP taxes. Howard PINE GROVE also reported enrollment for the dis- trict will be trending upward by JULY 7 - SISTERSVILLE 2028. General fund operating expen- Continued on page A2 INDEX Why celebrate 4th of July? A6-A7 RECIPES: No-cook foods B1 Sistersville Council A2 History refresher A8 Make a splash at area pools B2 OUT & ABOUT A3 Fireworks safety A9 How to keep a job B4 Matamoras Council A4 JediCon WV A10 Dirt tracks B5-B9 SGH replacement update A56 Newport VFD assets A11 July 4th events B10 Scholastic news A5 Regional roundup A11 Event calendar B11
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