Board of Education To Hold Special Meeting

{Charleston, West Virginia}…The West Virginia Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting Wednesday to discuss its response to a wide-ranging audit of the state’s education system. Board President Wade Linger says West Virginia’s statewide graduation rate is 78 percent, while one in four high school students doesn’t graduate on time, and  his top priority is increasing student achievement. Wednesday’s meeting comes less than a week after the board voted 5-2 to fire state Schools Superintendent Jorea Marple.