GPASS for Kenna WV (Grandparents and Parents Advocating for a Safe School): Which is it Mr. Whitley? Industrial Park or not???

Who we are and why we're here

We are the grandparents, parents, and community members that are working to ensure a safe school is built in Kenna, West Virginia. This effort was started about five years ago when the Jackson County Board of Education purchased property in an industrial park with plans to build a new Kenna Elementary School. Well, five years later, here we are and the State SBA (School Building Authority) has approved the Kenna Ridge "Business" Park as the approved site for a new Kenna Elementary. We believe the current Rt. 21 site is a LOT safer and hope to educate parents, the Jackson County School Board, and our elected officials on why we think so. We hope you will take a look around, read some of the research that member Maxine Landfried has done, and make up your own mind. IS KENNA RIDGE SOMEWHERE YOU WOULD WANT YOUR KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL??

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Which is it Mr. Whitley? Industrial Park or not???

Well, Kenna is rural. Rural areas cannot be zoned, according to Mark Whitley, Jackson County Development Authority Director. http://www.dailymail.com/News/201107100934 Yet, in the very near past, Mr. Whitley has promoted Kenna Ridge as an Industrial Park. Which one is it Mr. Whitley? I encourage the parents and grandpareants of Kenna Elementary students to ask Mr. Whitley. (304.372.1151) After all, it is our children's future....