The vote came after a public hearing Tuesday night. Another public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the proposed consolidation of McKinley Middle into Hayes Middle School.

Those changes will take place beginning next school year. McKinley Middle School has been full of students for around 100 years and is seeing their last group of students ever.

Hayes Middle School, which sits on Strawberry Road in St. Albans, is around a 10-minute drive from McKinley Middle School. Another factor that was brought up was Strawberry Road itself.

Parents of McKinley Middle School students said they're worried about growing class sizes negatively impacting their children. They said they just want the board to hear their concerns before they ...

McKinley Middle School students hold up the kindness chain that they made during the school’s “No Name Calling Week.” Each link of the chain contains a summary of a random act of kindness ...

McKinley Middle was built in 1932 and held a couple of different names over the years, first as Stop 16 and then Carter Woodson Jr. High School. East Bank Middle School opened in its current ...