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Ohio County Schools Administrator of Operations David Crumm, left, explains to Bridge Street Middle School Assistant Principal Karin Butyn the bipolar ionization technology that will be implemented in the school.
WHEELING Ohio County Schools has set forth plans to attach technology to ventilation in all school buildings that is 99.4-percent effective in preventing the spread of COVID 19 molecules in school facilities.
The bipolar ionization boxes already are in place at facilities receiving HVAC upgrades through the school districts bond projects. These include Wheeling Park High School, Triadelphia Middle School and Elm Grove, Middle Creek, Steenrod and West Liberty elementary schools.
Jan 23, 2021
Prevention resource officers provide a needed service within our schools. Outside of their obvious role of securing a school and keeping students and staff safe, officers also serve as role models for many young students.
That’s why a dispute between the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department and the Ohio County Board of Education over a new contract doesn’t make sense.
The sheriff’s department and the board of education have partnered for years to provide resource officers in the schools. Both sides have been working without a contract since July 2020, though. That came to a head Tuesday, when Sheriff Thomas Howard did not have his PROs report to their buildings.