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Byline: Eric Eyre
Dec. 13--The West Virginia School Building Authority rejected Kanawha County's $18 million plan Monday to build two elementary schools on Charleston's West Side.
But SBA members distributed $4.4 million to build a new Teays Valley Elementary School in Putnam County. The new K-5 school will serve students from Scott Teays and West Teays elementary schools. Both schools will stay open.
The School Building Authority, which distributes money for school construction each year, distributed $67 million to 25 counties Monday. Thirty-five counties requested state money.
Kanawha County was passed over, even though the SBA's formula ranked the two-school West Side project as the fifth best in…