Mon students go back to school Tuesday
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MORGANTOWN - Come Tuesday morning, Morgantown's traffic will again become, well ... Morgantonian.
All over again.
That's because all those yellow school buses will be back on the road.
It will be the first day of school for the 2026-27 academic year, and the district, Deputy Superintendent Donna Talerico said, is ready.
"Our teachers are finishing up their training sessions," she said Friday.
"Our custodians and maintenance staff have already been through the buildings," she continued. "No turning back now."
The district will go into the new year with new momentum, she said.
Or, the same old momentum - in a good way.
Students here continue to top the state in math, reading and language arts assessment scores, she said.
"Our goal is to continue to find ways to help our students grow and succeed," Talerico said.
In the meantime, the district is continuing to grow its infrastructure, she said.
Work is set to begin in earnest on the construction of a new Suncrest Middle School, which the district wants open to students two years from now.
New classrooms and lab spaces are also expected to be open next month at the county Technical Education Center.
Residents from the Eastern or Western magisterial districts interested in becoming part of the Monongalia County Board of Education have until Tuesday to file for November's general election.
Frank Devono, the former Mon Schools superintendent, is currently occupying the seat left vacant by Christina Fattore Morgan's resignation this past spring.
He has since filed for election to the board. Visit www.monongaliacountyclerk.com for information on how you can, also.
Down the road to spring, the Class of 2027 at Morgantown and University high schools will hold their respective commencements under the roof of West Virginia University’s Hope Coliseum in Evansdale.
That's to make up for the rain-soaked, water-logged proceedings for the Class of 2026 at both schools.
The district's plan then to proceed in the face of the forecast angered parents and the community - as graduates and spectators alike dealt with steady downpours and lashing winds during the evening.
Forget downpours, Talerico said. It's the drumbeat of students returning in the fall that she's most attuned to, she said.
"It's the constant renewal of it all," said the administrator, who began her career in education at the front of an elementary school classroom.
"You have to celebrate it."