LOGAN COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Parents in Logan County fear they may lose Verdunville Elementary School which closed its doors after a rockslide in April.

“Losing the school right now is like devastating for us,” parent Victoria Adams said. “I mean, I have so much history there, I mean my whole family has went there.”

The Board of Education hosted public hearings to discuss the potential closure of Verdunville and a merger with Omar Elementary where the students have been all school year.

The idea has parents, including Billy Reeves, concerned about losing what’s left of their community.

“I mean, communities that were once thriving without businesses and other things there with only a local school to hold onto, that’s the heart of your community and without that then you don’t have anyth

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