Monday, July 25, 2011

Boone County Career and Technical Center Closed

{West Virginia}...Boone County School Superintendent John Hudson announced Monday the district was immediately closing Boone County Career and Technical Center until further notice after the building tested positive for meth residue. This is the first time in state history a school-related building in West Virginia has been closed from the result of meth making. The closure stems from two arrests made in May when Keith Phipps and teacher Jack Turley were arrested after allegedly smoking meth in Phipps' office. They've both been arraigned and charged with illegal purchase of pseudoephedrine and have attended a preliminary hearing. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources suggested the entire facility be tested for methamphetamine residue. Those tests came back positive.