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Took this picture on the way back from NC last weekend. The school is located about 12 miles from where I grew up; about 75 miles from where I currently live.
When I attended school at this location in the mid 70’s, it was known as “Beckley Junior College”. I took 12 core class hours during the summer between my sophomore and junior years while a full-time student at WV Institute of Technology (WVIT). When I attended WVIT, it was in Montgomery WV and was highly acclaimed as a top-rated engineering school. Many foreign countries sent their students here.
Years after I graduated, WVIT was “taken over” by the West Virginia University who weakly attempted to maintain it in Montgomery. It didn’t last much longer in Montgomery after WVU came on the scene. Pretty much all of the schools buildings are now dormant and it’s absence has made Montgomery a ghost town.
Ironically, WVU “moved” WVIT to Beckley about 2-3 years ago and renamed it “WVU Institute of Technology”.
So, both higher education schools I attended by namesake and
graduated from are now in the same buildings and town. Also, the high school (grades 9-12) I attended caught fire and was eventually demolished, the middle school I attended (7-8th grade) is closed and students merged/bused to an adjoining town. The grade school (grades 1-6) closed 2 years ago.
Sadly, none the schools I attended exist in their original form. Man, I must be getting old.





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But your bike sure looks fresh!