Monday, April 21, 2008
New Mingo County High School Project Receives Additional Funding.
The Mingo County School System hit the jackpot Monday as it was awarded $ 16.3 million dollars by the School Building Authority for the construction of a new high school scheduled to be built on top of a mine reclamation site near Varney.
The state SBA in all dished out $ 88 million in grants for construction.
The Mingo County grant was the largest.
The county said that it needed additional funding because the cost of materials had risen.
The state gave the county $ 16 million dollars a few years ago.
The project has been delayed in getting started for two years because of court cases.
The state board of education has control over the local BOE.
The new school in which officials are hoping to have opened in the fall of 2010 will close Williamson, Burch, Matewan and Gilbert High Schools and also force the closure of the vocational school.
The state SBA in all dished out $ 88 million in grants for construction.
The Mingo County grant was the largest.
The county said that it needed additional funding because the cost of materials had risen.
The state gave the county $ 16 million dollars a few years ago.
The project has been delayed in getting started for two years because of court cases.
The state board of education has control over the local BOE.
The new school in which officials are hoping to have opened in the fall of 2010 will close Williamson, Burch, Matewan and Gilbert High Schools and also force the closure of the vocational school.
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