Faced with growing uncertainty and trepidation over COVD-19, Monongalia County Schools announced Friday it will go with blended learning for the first nine weeks of school this […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Survey: Parents prefer distance learning
Gov. to announce plan on Sept. 1 So goes back-to-school and the quandary of COVID-19: Kids need to be in the classroom, for face-to-face instruction, from professional […]
Families equally divided on school in fall
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Board of Education members found out Tuesday night that pandemic math can be pretty absolute. That is, it would appear that just as […]
Gov. sets Sept. 1 as decision deadline
Still hopes to get kids across state back in classrooms It was a primer on how pandemics work in West Virginia. This particular one, anyway. And it […]
BOE releases back-to-school survey questioning return plans
With a tenure on the Monongalia County Board of Education approaching 25 years, Nancy Walker, it can be said, has a library of institutional knowledge housed in […]
Education leaders unhappy with governor ’s back-to-school plan
The leaders of two state education unions gave Gov. Jim Justice failing marks in pandemic performance Thursday afternoon. Fred Albert and Joe White said the governor isn’t doing enough […]
Color-coded system to have an impact on school-related events
Gov. Jim Justice used some Friday night lights to illuminate his COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon. That is, he said, green really will mean “go,” for your football […]
Save the Mohigan Protest
Those in favor of the high school mascot gathered Wednesday Do you remember the particulars of the 1966 Orange Bowl matchup between Alabama and Nebraska? Neither do […]
State’s LGBTQ students not being supported, survey says
MORGANTOWN — Sticks and stones may break your bones — but what’s that bit about names, again? And what’s a West Virginia teacher to do if he […]
40 -page document outlines plans for reopening
Mon schools hope to open Sept. 8 Face masks. Classrooms with doors and windows left open, whenever possible. Backpacks, instead of lockers. Assigned seating on buses. No water […]