School building authority awards funds for 12 West Virginia projects
Key Highlights
- The Authority awarded over $49 million to 12 school districts.
- Several funding requests were not granted because of budget constraints.
- The grants aim to improve educational facilities and infrastructure.
The West Virginia School Building Authority has awarded funding for 2026 to a dozen school districts as part of its annual “needs” grants.
MetroNews Television reports that the Authority was originally looking to award $43.5 million, but the final awards came in just over $49 million. A total of $170 million in requests from 31 counties had been submitted.
“We stretched that $49 million about as far as we could, but we’re very proud of what we’ve done so far,” School Building Authority Executive Director Andy Neptune said.
The list of projects and funding awarded:
- Raleigh: Phase 3 of renovations to Woodrow Wilson High School ($9 million)
- Clay: Clay County High School 7th and 8th grade additions ($9 million)
- Grant: Petersburg High School comprehensive renovations and system upgrades ($5 million)
- Mercer: Phase 1 renovations and additions to Mercer County Technical Education Center ($4.8 million)
- Barbour: Consolidation project ($3.5 million)
- Harrison: Bridgeport High School addition/renovation ($3.49 million)
- Logan: Man High School HVAC replacement ($3.3 million)
- Mingo: Lenore PK-8 HVAC project ($2.7 million)
- Braxton: Braxton County Middle School HVAC replacement ($2.3 million)
- Mineral: Keyser High School partial HVAC system upgrade and roof replacement ($2 million)
- Tucker: Davis/Thomas Elementary School sprinkler/pump house ($650,500)
- Hardy: East Hardy Elementary School elevator modernization and Moorefield Elementary ($295,000)
Notable projects not selected:
- Berkeley: Hedgesville High School and Rosemont Elementary Schools additions ($16.1 million)
- Cabell: Woody Williams Center for Advanced Learning and Careers roof replacement ($6.4 million)
- Webster: Webster County High School addition and renovation ($6.29 million)
- Fayette: Oak Hill High School cafeteria/kitchen renovation ($6 million)
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Mike Kennedy
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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.