ROANE COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On Monday night, the Roane County Board of Education voted to allow the superintendent to move forward with a consolidation process plan.

This comes after the West Virginia Board of Education issued a state of emergency last month.

“This is like looking at a surgery, and it’s not elective surgery,” Superintendent Michelle Stellato said. “It’s life-and-death surgery.”

Last fall, WSAZ reported on the potential to consolidate two schools in Roane County with a shrinking population.

“Geary Elementary-Middle school and Walton Elementary Middle-School would be consolidated, reconfigured with Spencer Elementary School, Spencer Middle School and Roane County High School,” Stellato said.

She said this plan would need to be approved by the state BOE, but in the mean

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