ELKINS – A Randolph County Board of Education member made a motion at Tuesday evening’s BOE meeting to rescind the Oct. 8 vote to close the Harman K-12 School, but the motion died for lack of a second.

After 27 community members spoke during Tuesday night’s meeting urging the board members to rescind the Harman vote, BOE member Ed Daniels made a motion to bring the Harman School situation up for discussion. After several minutes of silence, BOE member Janie Newlon seconded the motion.

Daniels then asked Superintendent of Schools Dr. Shawn Dilly if he could make a motion to rescind the Harman vote. Dilly said he could. Daniels then motioned to rescind the Harman School closure vote, but no one seconded the motion.

The Harman School supporters began loudly yelling at the school officials when it became clear that the motion had died. Moments later, the supporters began to walk out of the meeting.

A full story with photos will be published online Wednesday and in The Inter-Mountain’s Thursday edition.