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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked schools in West Virginia to reconsider using portable classrooms for students affected by recent floods.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that FEMA asked Kanawha County Schools last week to consider alternatives to portable classrooms because of how expensive it would be to use the units for such an extended time.
Bridge Elementary and Elkview Middle schools had planned to use portable classrooms for students from schools that were destroyed by the floods.
Charles Wilson, the Kanawha County school system’s executive director of facilities planning, says the cost of using the portable classrooms would be over $12 million. He says FEMA’s request only relates to where students will go to school until new schools are rebuilt.
On this West Virginia Week, food banks face challenges as SNAP benefits are delayed and the government shutdown continues. Also, an influx of cash may help lift people in Mercer County up out of poverty. We also explore the roots of Halloween.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBob Thompson’s annual holiday jazz celebration is back! Joining Thompson on stage is his long-time bandmates Timothy Courts on drums, Ryan Kennedy on guitar, John Inghram on bass, plus special guest vocalist Catherine Russell with James Moore on trumpet. Buy your tickets today!
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOhio and Marion counties have been approved for more federal funds to help with recovery efforts related to deadly floods in June.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers are getting a better understanding of the state’s capacity to respond to deadly floods. And an Appalachian poet explores nature and marriage in his latest book.
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