Wetzel County Board of Education scraps consolidation plan for Paden City and Magnolia high schools

Ed Parsons, For The Intelligencer

NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. — The Wetzel County Board of Education, before a throng of Paden City High School supporters, voted unanimously Monday night against holding public hearings and a vote on the “reconfiguration” of the county’s schools.

That vote led to loud cheers from Paden City High supporters, as the school district had been mulling a possible consolidation of Paden City and Magnolia high schools due to a downward trend…