Roane superintendent tells SBA county cannot build a new middle school on its own By March 15, 2021 - 10:29 am CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For a third time, members of the state School Building Authority are being asked to allocate funding for a new Spencer Middle School in Roane County. On Monday, Superintendent Richard Duncan was in front of the SBA making the county’s pitch for more than $15 million to build the new middle school next to Roane County High School. The Roane County project has been revised after previous restrictions. Under the latest plan, “We won’t be building an entirely new stand-alone facility. We’ll be building an adjacent facility that makes use of that shared space (with Roane County High),” Dr. Duncan said.