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Shepherdstown Elementary School

Confusion on Plans for Water & Sewer at New Shepherdstown Elementary School

December 7, 2022 Tagged With: Bondy Shay Gibson, In Print Dec 2022, Jefferson County Schools, Shepherdstown Elementary School, Shepherdstown Water & Sewer

future site of Shepherdstown Elementary School

Jefferson County Board of Education has many questions about plans to provide water and sewer utilities to the new Shepherdstown elementary school site. Read the Full Story >>

Jefferson County Schools Plans Two New Facilities

July 29, 2021 Tagged With: Jefferson County Schools, Ranson Elementary School, School Building Authority of West Virginia, Shepherdstown Elementary School, Shepherdstown Middle School, West Virginia Board of Education

A bus pulls in to the bus circle at Shepherdstown Middle School.

Jefferson County Schools (JCS) manages 16 schools — 2 high schools, 4 middle schools, and 10 elementary facilities — and during the 2020-21 school year enrolled 8,478 students. Jefferson County is one of only three counties in West Virginia that expects growth in student population over the next four years. Read the Full Story >>

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