Editing McDowell County, West Virginia (section)

==Education==
[[McDowell County Schools]] operates the county's public K-12 education system of 7 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 2 public high schools in McDowell County, which are [[Mount View High School (West Virginia)|Mount View High School]] and [[River View High School (West Virginia)|River View High School]]. The county also has a private school, Twinbranch Pentecostal Christian Academy which is located in Twinbranch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welch Nazarene Christian Academy - Welch, West Virginia/WV - Private School Review |url=http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/29370 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120621013138/http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/29370 |archive-date=June 21, 2012 |access-date=September 1, 2011}}</ref>

McDowell County Schools were under state control as a 'take-over' county from 2001 to 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mays, Mackenzie |date=May 8, 2013 |title=McDowell regains school control after 12 years |url=http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201305080047 |access-date=August 17, 2013 |work=[[Charleston Gazette]]}}</ref> Some medical services have been brought onsite into schools to reduce student absenteeism among families with only one car, and personal items such as sneakers and backpacks are now made available to students. A mixed use, multistory building in [[Welch, West Virginia|Welch]] aimed at reducing the housing shortage for teachers opened in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balingit |first=Moriah |date=October 19, 2019 |title=Rebuilding the village: A West Virginia school system strives to lift up its children by tackling poverty |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/rebuilding-the-village-a-west-virginia-school-system-strives-to-lift-up-its-children-by-tackling-poverty/2019/10/19/d4519caa-d581-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html |access-date=December 16, 2019 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aft.org/news/reconnecting-mcdowell-dedicates-new-housing | title=Reconnecting McDowell dedicates new housing &#124; American Federation of Teachers | date=June 14, 2022 }}</ref>