Beam was hoping for a target date that is a few months sooner. The Superintendent said they have plans of having closure hearings in the Spring of 2024 with an end goal of having students in a new building by the Fall of 2025. “The site that we are going to use for the pre-K-8 is going to be within the same footprint of the original building so we’re not going to need to do any more environmental studies or anything like that,” said Beam.Īccording to Beam, the Glade Creek site is “almost ready” and the ground prep is “almost done.” “We are ready to hit the road running right now,” Beam told the board members.ĭuring a mid-October meeting, the Nicholas County Board of Education decided to consolidate Summersville Elementary and Glade Creek Elementary to be the schools at the new pre-K thru 8 complex at Glade Creek with Summersville Middle School.īeam said the new facility planned for Glade Creek will have some similarities with the building previously that was destroyed in the 2016 flood. He said he’s ready for the next step in the process. Superintendent Beam was lit up about the meeting with West Virginia Board of Education President Dave Hardesty, Vice President Nancy White and State Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt. The state Board of Education voted to approve the CEFP. Withlow also said the revision to the CEFP alters Nicholas County High School and the Career and Technical Center to “keep them in their current configurations and locations.” The revision does not alter the configurations for Richwood High School and Middle School or Cherry River Elementary. “They would like to include the closure and consolidation of Glade Creek Elementary, Summersville Elementary and Summersville Middle School and create a new PK-8 school at the Glade Creek site that is currently being constructed,” Withlow told the board. Withlow explained the amended CEFP proposed by Nicholas County Schools. State law requires county boards of education to have an approved 10-year CEFP on file with the state Department of Education and the School Building Authority. Beam and state Schools Facilities Director Micah Withlow met with members of the state Board of Education and the state School Building Authority on Wednesday regarding that request. The county was seeking approval for the amending of their Comprehensive Educational Facilities Plan. Nicholas County Schools Superintendent Terrance Beam said they are ready to roll on building their facility of the future for students of the Glade Creek and Summersville communities.
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