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C.L. Garvin

August 26, 2009

Anonymous The Register-Herald Wed Aug 26, 2009, 11:20 PM EDT

Annita and Bill Lanham walk their son Will to Fayetteville Elementary School Wednesday during the first day back to school.

However, today will be the first day of school for students at Park Middle School in Beckley, and Independence High School, Independence Middle School and Coal City Elementary School in Coal City.

Although Wednesday was the first official day of school in Raleigh County, students at the Coal City locations learned Wednesday morning that the a power outage had canceled classes at their schools.

Park Middle School was closed due to renovations, according to assistant county superintendent Nelson Spencer. Spencer said all problems had been addressed Wednesday evening and all schools will be operating on regular schedules today. See related story on Page 2A.

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