Celebrations more News Printable version. Email this to a friend. If the borrowing measure is approved, the consolidation will take place in new facilities. If not, students will merge into the county's existing buildings. We can't operate like this.
Consolidation has to happen.
Only Kanawha County has more high schools with eight, but it is operating with about 20,000 more students. Jefferson County, with about 7,000 students, has one high school. Putnam, with about 8,800 students, has four high schools. The money would be used to build three new high schools and renovate all other facilities that remained open. The number of county schools would go from 29 to 16.