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ELKINS A new era will begin this fall for Elkins High School’s football program, as the school’s football facility will no longer be historic Wimer Stadium.
The Randolph County Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to approve a resolution enabling the county school system to enter into a lease purchase agreement with Citizens Bank of West Virginia.
According to documentation provided by county officials, the loan will provide funding for new bleachers to be built for EHS athletic programs, including football, baseball and band. As part of the bleacher project, county officials will be relocating the home of EHS football from Wimer Stadium to Elkins High School’s current location at Kennedy Drive off the Beverly Pike Five-lane.
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ELKINS– After examining several proposals, the Randolph County Board of Education has voted to approve a school calendar for the 2021-22 school year.
This fall, students in Randolph County will return to school Aug. 24 for full-time, in-person instruction. The final day of the first semester will fall on Jan. 18, 2022 and the final day of instruction for students will fall on June 3, 2022.
Rachel Anger, board member, emphasized the difficultly in finding a calendar to meet the needs of every party, adding the approved calendar is the best compromise.
“I think this calendar is a compromise. It doesn’t make anybody incredibly happy because it seems like elementary wants the exact opposite as secondary,” she said.
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ELKINS Adhering to guidelines provided by the West Virginia State Board of Education, students in Randolph County will be returning to in-person learning five days per week.
The Randolph County Board of Education held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss schedule options for the month of March. However, prior to the special meeting, the West Virginia State Board of Education passed a motion requiring counties to return to five-days-per week instruction beginning no later than March 3.
Starting Monday, March 1, students will return to school full-time, according to Randolph County Schools Superintendent Debbie Schmidlen.
Schmidlen noted RCS will continue to utilize strategies already in place, including wearing masks, social distancing, hand washing and utilizing Plexiglas.
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ELKINS The Randolph County Board of Education voted this week to continue the current blended learning model through the month of January.
The approved calendar for January 2021 will continue to follow a two-day per week schedule for students.
Students with last names ending with the letters A-L will attend school on Jan. 4, 5, 11, 12, 19, 20, 26 and 27. Students with last names ending with letters M-Z will attend school Jan. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29.
The approved calendar can be accessed by the public by visiting the Randolph County Schools’ website or Facebook page.
The January calendar was approved in a 4-1 vote at Tuesday’s evening’s BOE meeting. Voting to approve the proposal from Superintendent Debbie Schmidlen were BOE President Lisa Wamsley, BOE Vice President Janie Newlon, and board members Rachel Anger and Melodee Price.