Editing Bell County, Kentucky (section)

==Education==
Three public school districts operate in the county:

===Bell County School District===
The largest of the three in enrollment and by far the largest in geographic scope.<ref>[http://bell.kyschools.us Bell County Schools]</ref> The Bell County School District operates six mainstream K–8 "school centers", one alternative school, [[Bell County High School|one high school]], and a newly commissioned technology center built to replace the aging vocational center. It is located on the high school campus and the buildings are connected by an elevated, enclosed walkway. The new technology center is also slated to house the County Board of Education pending its move from their office in the city of Pineville building. Lone Jack High School (in Fourmile) and the old Bell County High School were consolidated into Bell County High School in the early 1980s.

===Middlesboro Independent Schools===
The second-largest of the three, with boundaries coinciding exactly with the corporate limits of Middlesboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revenue.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6A3088A8-24E9-403C-AE69-0C63EBD8F9FB/0/Bell_Middlesboro_Ind.jpg|title=Map of Middlesboro|author=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet|author-link=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet|publisher=Kentucky Department of Revenue|year=1990|access-date=October 6, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309215012/http://revenue.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6A3088A8-24E9-403C-AE69-0C63EBD8F9FB/0/Bell_Middlesboro_Ind.jpg|archive-date=March 9, 2008}} The map also bears a handwritten 1996 label, as the district boundary was signed off by the superintendents of the Bell County and Middlesboro districts. The Middlesboro district boundary is marked in black.</ref> The district operates one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school.<ref>[http://www.mboro.k12.ky.us/ Middlesboro District]</ref> The two elementary schools are separate facilities that share the same campus design (both schools are designed in an "X" shape), and the middle and high schools are separate facilities on one campus on the west side of town. In recent years Middlesboro Independent Schools has leased the X-shaped building formerly used as East End Intermediate to a local church.

===Pineville Independent Schools===
The county's smallest district; its boundaries generally, but do not exactly, follow the corporate limits of Pineville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revenue.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FE1F33F9-A462-4C8C-877F-0FF315522D9A/0/Bell_Pineville_Ind.jpg|title=Map of Pineville|author=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet|publisher=Kentucky Department of Revenue|year=1989|access-date=October 6, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309215005/http://revenue.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FE1F33F9-A462-4C8C-877F-0FF315522D9A/0/Bell_Pineville_Ind.jpg|archive-date=March 9, 2008}} The map also bears a handwritten 1996 label, as the district boundary was signed off by the superintendents of the Bell County and Pineville districts. The Pineville district boundary is marked in black.</ref> The district operates Pineville School; An elementary, middle, and high school.<ref>[http://pineville.kyschools.us Pineville School District]</ref>