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South Preston Middle School
File:South preston Mascot.gif
Address
48 Middle School Drive Kingwood , West Virginia 26444 United States
Coordinates	39°23′49.413″N 79°44′39.18″W
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
Opened	1914
Closed	2015
School district	Preston County School District
Superintendent	Stephen Wotring
CEEB code	490675
Principal	Todd Seymour
Teaching staff	80
Grades	6–8
Student to teacher ratio	15:1
Color(s)	Black and Yellow
Slogan	"All for learning, learning for all"
Nickname	South
Website	www.wvschools.com/spms/home.html

Throughout the years South Preston Middle School has gone by many names. In it's opening it was a high school, later it would turn into a middle school. In 2009, the main section of the building was deemed unsafe, causing the displacement of the sixth and seventh grade students. Finally in 2015 100 years after it's opening the school would officially close due to the consolidation with Tunnelton-Denver Elementary School.

History

Built in 1914, the school opened for the first time. They building housed grades

Name:--Tunnelton High School Levels-- 1st. - 12th. Grades Mascot-- Bears Colors-- Blue and Gold Principal- Mr. Jamison Attendance Area--Tunnelton

1960 Levels--1st. - 12th. Grades Mascot--Thunder Birds(T-Birds) Colors--Blue and Gold Principal--Clifford Martin Attendance Area--Tunnelton and part of Howesville

1977 Name:--Central Preston Jr. High Levels--7th. & 8th. Mascot--Cherokees Colors--Blue and Gold Principal--Gerald Cline Attendance Area--Fellowsville, Howesville, Kingwood, Tunnelton

1991 Name:--South Preston Jr. High School Levels--6th. - 9th. Mascot--Yellow Jackets Colors--Yellow and Black Principal--Gerald Cline Attendance Areas--Fellowsville, parts of Howesville, Newburg, Tunnelton

1997 Name:--South Preston Jr. High School Levels--6th. - 9th. Grades Mascot--Yellow Jackets Colors--Yellow and Black Principal--Darrell Martin Attendance Areas--Fellowsville, parts of Howesville, Newburg, Tunnelton

1998 Name: South Preston Middle School Levels-- 6th. - 8th. Mascot-- Yellow Jackets Colors--Yellow and Black Principal-- Darrell Martin Attendance Areas-- Fellowsville, parts of Howesville, Newburg, and Tunnelton

2009 - Main half condemned Following the condement the residents were thus promised a new school to be built in two years. The levy approved for the consolidation was set at $19,116,200. ( http://pcj.stparchive.com/Archive/PCJ/PCJ10272010p20.php?tags=south%7Cpreston%7Cmiddle%7Cschool%7Clevy ) However the ground breaking ceremony wouldn't be held until 2010. On May 22nd 2017, the school was sold for $0.

Offically closed in 2015, when it merged with Tunnelton-Denver Elementary School