LEWISBURG (WVDN) – The dissolution of the Greenbrier School of Practical Nursing (GSPN) in Greenbrier East High School appears to be moving forward.
During a special Monday meeting of the Greenbrier County Board of Education, the board approved the personnel agenda items ending the employment of LPN nurse coordinator instructor Martha Snider and LPN nursing instructor Nicole Waid, effective Sept. 3.
The board also approved the abolition of both the LPN nurse coordinator instructor and LPN nursing instructor positions.
GSPN first posted the news to Facebook on March 18, stating, “the Greenbrier School of Practical Nursing staff has been informed that the GSPN will be closed after the 2022 class graduates. We have also received letters from [Greenbrier County Schools Superintendent] Jeff Bryant stating this. [The] plan is to have New River let our 19 applicants apply for their program next year.”
On March 24, Greenbrier County Schools and New River Community and Technical College (NRCTC) issued a press release addressing the practical nursing program.
“New River CTC is assisting the [BOE] by helping students who have applied to the [GSPN] for the fall 2022 semester transition to a college setting in New River CTC’s practical nursing program,” stated the release.
According to the press release, NRCTC was awarded $420,000 through Gov. Jim Justice’s Nursing Workforce Expansion Program, which seeks “to address the state’s nursing shortage through a multifaceted approach to attract, train, and retain nurses in the Mountain State.”
The grant award is expected to expand the New River practical nursing program, “develop a paramedic to registered nurse pathway,” and expand class equipment, the press release said.
For more on the nursing schools, see “New River nursing expansion could end Greenbrier School of Practical Nursing” at wvdn.com/28909/ and “New River CTC nursing programs accepting applications for fall” at wvdn.com/28909/.
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