NEW MARTINSVILLE, WV -A West Virginia special needs student has been told by school board officials that he can no longer attend his current high school. The Wetzel County Board of Education informed 17-year-old Roy Stevens, a junior at Hundred High School, that he must attend Magnolia High School, which is about an hour away.

Roy's parents, Earl and Karen Stevens, have repeatedly asked the school board to reconsider. It all started when Roy's parents noticed he was becoming more disinterested in school while attending Magnolia High School during his freshman year. In Wetzel County students with "severe" special needs are to be placed at Magnolia, regardless of where they live. The Stevens family lives within the territory of Hundred High School, but the school system believes Magnolia is better equipped to deal with students with special needs.

Magnolia is about an hour drive away from the Stevens' home.

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We are asking that the West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools STOP The Wetzel County Board of Education from removing Roy.