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BOE Signs Off on Agreements With Reynolds

The Marshall County Board of Education will begin two new partnerships with Reynolds Memorial Hospital this academic year.

At their regular meeting Tuesday, board members unanimously approved a collaboration between the hospital and district schools for a new Drug Free Club platform. At the next board meeting, members will review a memorandum of understanding to allowing the club to administer random drug tests to its members.

Officials from Reynolds, the county commission and various law enforcement agencies will visit the school at 10 a.m. today to announce the new program.

Board members also heard from hospital Executive Vice President Kevin Britt, who explained the facility’s new affiliation with West Virginia University Health Systems, which requires access to a helicopter pad location. During the meeting, the board unanimously approved a request for the hospital to establish a helicopter pad at the northeast end of John Marshall High School’s parking, lot near the tennis courts.

“We are about five days away from celebrating our official joining of the WVU Medicine family and it’s  a monumental opportunity for the people of Marshall County,” Britt said. “One of the tenets of the deal with WVU was that we have to have a formal agreement to land a helicopter, which indeed has been happening at St. Jude Park behind our hospital for years and years, but there is no formal agreement that has ever been made with the city of Glen Dale or the Wheeling-Charleston diocese and that is in progress and will take several months, as the diocese has told us. … Your gracious willingness to help us get a temporary six-month agreement in place while we finalize with the diocese is most appreciated.”

The board also entered into an 18-minute executive session to discuss ongoing legal proceedings. According to Hince, the case involves the district’s claims that the late Francis Reilly and his family built a bridge over Middle Grave Creek, causing flooding and damage to John Marshall’s baseball fields.

“Board members discussed settlement amounts involved in the case,” Hince said, adding the case has yet to reach a courtroom and is now in mediation.

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