West Virginia Code § 18-5-8

Condemnation of land necessary for educational purposes
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The board shall purchase by condemnation or otherwise, the land necessary for school
buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields, experiments in agriculture, warehouses, bus garages,
and other educational purposes, and may make necessary expenditures for the improvement
of the land.
The board may petition the circuit court to condemn such lands, or easements in such lands,
necessary or convenient for educational purposes for school buildings, playgrounds, athletic
fields, experiments in agriculture, warehouses, bus garages, or extensions, improvements, or
additions thereto. The rights, powers, and privileges of eminent udomain in a board shall be
coextensive with the rights, powers, and privileges of the state.
Condemnation proceedings shall be in the name of the board and according to the provisions
of chapter fifty-four of the code.

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