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ELKINS -- The Randolph County Board of Education is scheduled to vote tonight on whether to buy two electric school buses for a total of $32,700.
The amended agenda for tonight's BOE meeting includes a "motion to approve the purchases of two electric school buses from Matheny Motor Truck Co. at a total cost of $32,705."
"The prices are from the West Virginia State bid and will be paid using Transportation funds," the agenda notes.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Shawn Dilly recommends the purchase be approved, according to the agenda. "This purchase will include one 77 passenger Jouley bus and one 77 passenger Jouley bus."
Matheny Motor Truck Co. is based in Parkersburg.
The BOE meeting is set for 5:30 p.m. tonight at the Central Board Office on 11th Street in Elkins.
Next week, the public hearings begin on the proposed closings of the Harman and Pickens K-12 schools.
The first public hearing for the Harman School closing will take place at Harman School on Monday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. The following day, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, hearings will be held concerning the other schools that will be affected if Harman closes. Those include: Midland Elementary (the hearing will be at Elkins High School at 6 p.m); Elkins Middle School (the hearing will be at EHS at 6:30 p.m.); and Elkins High School (also at EHS, at 7 p.m.).
The BOE will vote on whether to close Harman School that same evening, at 7:30 p.m. at Elkins High School.
The first public hearing concerning the closure of Pickens School will be on Monday, Dec. 16. That meeting will take place at the school and will begin at 6 p.m.
The following day, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the other schools that would be affected in the potential Pickens closing will be the subject of public hearings at Tygarts Valley Middle/High School. George Ward is first on the list and will begin at 6 p.m. A public hearing for Tygarts Valley Middle/High School will be at 6:30 p.m.
The BOE will vote on whether to close PickensSchool at 7 p.m. at Tygarts Valley Middle/High School.