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Mineral County remaining with blended school for now
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Tribune Managing Editor
KEYSER - With Mineral County actually dipping to green status on the West Virginia DHHR COVID map twice this week, the members of the Mineral County Board of Education remain hesitant to bring students back to school for a full week.
“It’s the first we’ve been green since early October,” superintendent Troy Ravenscroft said.
With the county’s positivity numbers at 110 according to the health department on Tuesday, Mineral County had gone back up to yellow status by Wednesday.
Tuesday, Ravenscroft had announced that an official outbreak had occurred at Keyser Primary School, with two separate cases reported there.
BITS & PIECES: It s time to bury this horse
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
Just when you think things are over …
As I’m sure you have read on our front page today, Curtis Perry has fired off a letter to Mineral County Prosecuting Attorney in response to the statement this week by Keyser’s attorney that the city council acted properly in rescinding his appointment.
The attorney, Scott McClure, said the oath of office was not administered within the allowed time frame (20 days as stipulated by state code but 10 days as set forth in the city’s charter), and Mr. Perry therefore was never officially a member of the council.