Editing West Point, Kentucky (section)

==Education==
[[West Point Independent School District]] operated a single [[K-8 school]], while high school students attended [[Elizabethtown High School]] of the [[Elizabethtown Independent Schools]].<ref name=Crumbiecouldclose>{{cite news|author=Crumbie, Trey|url=http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/education/west-point-school-could-close-merge/article_6deac31b-891c-5995-84ff-72977a2b08ae.html|title=West Point School could close, merge |newspaper=The News-Enterprise |location=Elizabethtown, KY |date=2019-07-03|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref> On January 28, 2020, the West Point Independent Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to begin merger negotiations with [[Hardin County Schools]]; the West Point board approved the merger on February 18 and the Hardin County board followed two days later. The merger took effect on July 1, 2020. The relocation of students sent kindergarten students to North Park Elementary, first through fifth grades to Vine Grove Elementary, and sixth through eighth grade to J.T. Alton Middle School. Students who attended Elizabethtown High before the merger completed their high school there, while West Point high school students after the meger attend [[North Hardin High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quicksie983.com/2020/02/19/west-point-agrees-to-merger/ |title=West Point agrees to merger |publisher=[[WQXE]] |location=Elizabethtown, KY |language=en-US |date=February 19, 2020| access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/west-point-schools-to-shut-down-merge-with-hardin-county/article_d258b95e-5454-11ea-bb7e-77b5673af7d6.html |title=West Point schools to shut down, merge with Hardin County school district |first=Sara |last=Sidery |publisher=WDRB |date=February 20, 2020 |access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quicksie983.com/2020/02/19/west-point-agrees-to-merger/|title=West Point agrees to merger – Quicksie 98.3|date=February 19, 2020 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>