WHEELING — Ohio County Board of Education members Monday night renewed its annual memorandum of understanding with WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital to operate a healthcare clinic at Madison Elementary School, although that clinic has yet to open.

The MOU and policy surrounding the providing of care to students at the school was approved in November 2024, with the ribbon cutting for the completed clinic taking place in September of 2025.

Leah Stout, special education director for Ohio County Schools, told board members the school district has since learned WVU Medicine must require additional consent forms be signed by parents prior to treatment, and that the previously approved policy must reflect this.

“Since our first creation of the policy, we’ve had several meetings and met virtually

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