Westside High School (West Virginia)
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Westside High School is a consolidated regional high school in Clear Fork, West Virginia
Clear Fork, West Virginia
Clear Fork is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States....

 serving the western half of Wyoming County, West Virginia
Wyoming County, West Virginia
Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,796. Its county seat is Pineville. Wyoming County was created in 1850 from Logan County and named for the Delaware Indian word meaning "large plains."-Geography:According to the U.S...

. It opened in 2002 and consolidated the former Oceana High School
Oceana High School (West Virginia)
Oceana High School was a high school located in Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was closed in 2002 after consolidating with nearby Baileysville High School to form Westside High School....

 and Baileysville High School
Baileysville High School
Baileysville High School was a high school located in Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was closed in 2002 after consolidating with nearby Oceana High School to form Westside High School....

, also taking in about one-third of the attendance area of the former Glen Rogers High School
Glen Rogers High School
Glen Rogers High School was a high school in Glen Rogers, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It closed in 1992 an was consolidated into nearby Pineville High School and Oceana High School....

, which had been merged into Oceana several years earlier.

The school was originally to be named "Wyoming West" to match the county's other consolidated school, Wyoming East High School
Wyoming East High School
Wyoming East High School is a consolidated regional high school in New Richmond, West Virginia serving the eastern half of Wyoming County, West Virginia...

, but students voted on the Westside name, which can be confusing since it does not contain a geographic identifier, while every other non-urban school in the state contains either the name of a town or county.
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