Kanawha County Board of Education members have voted to close Belle Elementary School and consolidate it with three other elementary schools. Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Dr. Tom Williams recommended Belle Elementary School, Mary Ingles Elementary School, Malden Elementary School and Midland Trail Elementary Schools be consolidated into one elementary school. That school would be named Eastern Kanawha County Elementary School.
Eyewitness News said the board hopes to receive money from the SBA, but they can only do so if they vote to close all four elementary schools. Board members still have to vote on the closures of Mary Ingles Elementary, Malden Elementary and Midland Trail Elementary. Public hearings on those possible closures will be on October 17th, October 21st and October 22nd. Earlier this month, board members voted to consolidate McKinley Middle School into Hayes Middle School and East Bank Middle School into Dupont Middle School.