- Lewis County Schools
Lewis County Schools is the operating
school district within Lewis County,West Virginia . It is governed by the Lewis County Board of Education, of which the Superintendent is Joseph Mace.chools
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. [ [http://www.eternia.com/2006/12/07/mother-says-teacher-exploited-child/ "Mother says teacher 'exploited' child"] , Eternia.com, December 7, 2006]Board of Education members
* E. Cline Craig, President
* Sylvia McNeish
* Buck Propst
* Paul Derico
* Beth BurkhartExternal links
* [http://boe.lewi.k12.wv.us/ Official site]
References
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