West Virginia Takes Over Another County School System

Preston County's schools are the latest to require a state takeover "after auditors found continuing problem with county's finances, hiring practices and facilities management," the Charleston Daily Mail reports.

Tuesday's unanimous vote by the state Board of Education "takes authority from the Preston school board to spend money and manage staff," the article said. "The move also gives the state superintendent the power to close and consolidate schools and to replace administrators and principals."

"The state also has control of the Hampshire, Lincoln, Mingo and McDowell county school systems," the newspaper notes.

Update: MetroNews also has an item.