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Lewis County Schools is the operating school district
School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public elementary school and high school schools. They exist mostly in the United States, where they operate nearly all government-funded schools....
 within Lewis County
Lewis County, West Virginia

Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population was 16,919. Its county seat is Weston, West Virginia....
, West Virginia
West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
. It is governed by the Lewis County Board of Education, of which the Superintendent is Joseph Mace.

High school



Polk Creek Elementary School was closed and sold in an auction earlier in 2005. The closure of the school relocated over 80 youth to Peterson-Central and Jane Lew Elementary Schools.

West Virginia Human Rights Commission is investigating charges that Rhonda Bennett, a preschool teacher at Peterson-Central Elementary School, used a biracial child as a lesson prop and told schoolmates that the child had been adopted.






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Lewis County Schools is the operating school district
School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public elementary school and high school schools. They exist mostly in the United States, where they operate nearly all government-funded schools....
 within Lewis County
Lewis County, West Virginia

Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2000, the population was 16,919. Its county seat is Weston, West Virginia....
, West Virginia
West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
. It is governed by the Lewis County Board of Education, of which the Superintendent is Joseph Mace.

Schools


High school

  • Lewis County High School Tim Derico, Principal. Over 800 students enrolled.[https://www.edline.net/pages/Lewis_County_High_School]


Middle school

  • Robert L. Bland Middle School. Grace Tallhammer, Principal. Over 850 students enrolled.[https://www.edline.net/pages/Robert_L__Bland_Middle_School]


Elementary schools

  • Alum Bridge Elementary School. Dan Hoover, Principal. Over 60 students enrolled.[https://www.edline.net/pages/Alum_Bridge_Elementary_School]
  • Jane Lew Elementary School. George Reynolds, Principal. Over 300 students enrolled.[https://www.edline.net/pages/Jane_Lew_Elementary_School]
  • Peterson-Central Elementary School. Steven Hall, Principal. Over 460 students enrolled.[https://www.edline.net/pages/Peterson_Central_Elementary]
  • Roanoke Elementary School. Denise Sprouse, Principal. Over 140 students enrolled.[https://www.edline.net/pages/Roanoke_Elementary_School]


Polk Creek Elementary School was closed and sold in an auction earlier in 2005. The closure of the school relocated over 80 youth to Peterson-Central and Jane Lew Elementary Schools.

Controversies

The West Virginia Human Rights Commission is investigating charges that Rhonda Bennett, a preschool teacher at Peterson-Central Elementary School, used a biracial child as a lesson prop and told schoolmates that the child had been adopted. Joseph Mace, superintendent of Lewis County schools, refused to return phone calls and e-mails from The Associated Press but acknowledged the incident to a local television station.

Board of Education members

  • E. Cline Craig
  • Sylvia McNeish
  • Buck Propst
  • Paul Derico
  • Beth Burkhart, President


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