West Virginia district fails to win approval for new high school

From The Charleston Gazette: Fayette County, W.Va., voters have soundly rejected a proposed $49 million bond issue that would have paid for a new high school to replace four existing campuses.

JULY 2009...from The Beckley Register-Herald: A $49 million school bond will be decided by Fayette County, W.Va., voters on Saturday, Oct. 24. If approved, the bond would be combined with a state School Building Authority grant of $21.9 million to pay for district upgrades. The most prominent project is a new high school that would combine the student bodies of four high schools — Fayetteville, Midland Trail, Mount Hope and Oak Hill — in a grades 9-12 facility.