NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
PROPOSED CLOSURE OF PADEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL AND
CONSOLIDATION INTO MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL AND NEW MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL
WETZEL COUNTY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
The Wetzel County Board
of Education will hold
three public hearings on
the Superintendent’s
recommendation to close
Paden City High School
and consolidate into
Magnolia High School and
New Martinsville at the
end of the 2024-2025
school year, as follows:
* LOCATION: Magnolia
High School, 601 Maple
Avenue,
DATE AND TIME:
November 13, 2024, at 6
p.m.
Sign in to speak between
5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
* LOCATION: New
Martinsville School, 20
East Benjamin Drive, New
Martinsville, WV
DATE AND TIME:
November 14, 2024, at 6
p.m.
Sign in to speak between
* LOCATION: Paden City High School, 201 North
Fourth Avenue, Paden
City, WV DATE
AND TIME: November 15,
2024, at 6 p.m.
Sign in to speak between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
If, at the time a hearing is
called to order, the Board
determines that the
location is of insufficient
size to accommodate all
who desire to attend, the
hearing will be recessed
and moved to a new
location of sufficient size
to accommodate all those
who desire to attend. If
that happens, the new
meeting location will be
posted at the original
meeting location.
If a public hearing is not
completed by 11 p.m., it
will be recessed, to be
continued on a date and at a time designated and
announced by the Board
just prior to the hearing
recess, to be continued
ay-to-day until concluded. The public hearings, as
well as any reconvened
session of the public
hearings, shall end at
the conclusion of each
hearing’s business or at
11 p.m., whichever occurs
earlier.
ALTERNATE DATES
AND TIMES
If, due to inclement
weather or other cause,
any hearing cannot be
held on the scheduled
date, the hearing or
meeting will be held at the
same location as originally
Scheduled, but on these
dates and times:
* for the hearing at
Magnolia High School, on
November 14, 2024,
beginning at 9 a.m.
* for the hearing at New
Martinsville School, on
November 15, 2024,
beginning at 9 a.m.
* for the hearing at Paden
City High School, on
November 16, 2024,
beginning at 1 p.m.
If for any reason a hearing
cannot be conducted on
the alternate date or time,
the Board will determine
date and time.
HEARING
PROCEDURES
For a period of 30 minutes
prior to the
commencement of a
public hearing, persons
may and are encouraged
to register at the hearing
location for the purpose of
making statements,
offering testimony, and
questioning school
officials concerning the
proposals. Each hearing
will begin with an oral
summary by a
representative of Wetzel
County Schools of the
reasons and supporting
data in Connection with
the proposed action by the
Board. Speakers will then
be recognized in the
order in which they
registered.
SUBMISSION OF
WRITTEN MATERIAL
The Board will consider
any written material
submitted by members of
the public concerning the
proposals if the material,
with 6 copies, is submitted
to and received by the
Office of the
Superintendent of Schools at 333 Foundry Street,
New Martinsville, West
Virginia, before 12:00 p.m.
on November 7. 2024,
including any findings and
recommendations from
the local school
improvement councils
representing Magnolia
High School and Paden
City High School.
REASONS AND
SUPPORTING DATA
Until the date of the first
hearing, written reasons
for the Superintendent’s
recommendations in the
form of an Impact
Statement and Supporting
data are available for
public inspection in the
Office of the
Superintendent of
Schools at 333 Foundry
Street, New Martinsville,
West Virginia,
On week days between
the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
FINAL ACTION
The Board of Education
will take formal action on
the Superintendent’s
proposal to close Paden
City High School
and consolidate into
Magnolia High School and
New Martinsville School,
at its meeting at the Board
of Education Office, 333
Foundry Street, New
Martinsville, West
Virginia, on November 22,
2024, beginning at 9:00
a.m. If, due to inclement weather or other cause,
the Board meeting
cannot be held on the
scheduled date, the
meeting will be held at the
same location and time as
originally scheduled, but
on November 25, 2024.
Cassandra R. Porter,
Superintendent
Wetzel County Board of
Education
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