The 1st Ward seat that Patrick Hathaway never got to occupy was a big presence in the chambers of Morgantown City Council on Tuesday night. Hathaway ran unopposed on April’s […]
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Local school district delves into the data
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s school district has your number. In January, it inked a partnership with Hanover Research, a data research firm in Arlington, Va., that boils down the numbers […]
State Department of Education launches ‘I Got Vaxxed’ campaign
MORGANTOWN — Amazing how much enthusiasm an adhesive bandage can generate. That’s why that grin kept breaking out under Sam Watson’s facemask, as he kept his eyes fixed to one […]
More federal dollars for W.Va. schools
MORGANTOWN — Federally speaking, the pandemic has deep pockets. The American Rescue Fund released a final outlay to West Virginia’s school system this past week. The $254 million will be […]
Can charter schools make the grade here?
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia Board of Education just charted the course of all future charter schools in the Mountain State. Board members in Charleston earlier on Wednesday approved changes […]
Upgrade: Mon Schools’ central office moving to former MedExpress location in Sabraton
MORGANTOWN — Call it the equivalent of advancing to a new grade in a bigger school. In coming months, administrators at the central office of Monongalia County’s school district on […]
Mon school district cuts COVID quarantine from 14 days to 10
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s school district is reducing its coronavirus quarantine period from 14 days to 10, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Tuesday night. However, there is a contagion caveat, […]
Strawberry feet (forever): MHS race and walk coming back after COVID
MORGANTOWN — Lace up your running shoes and recalibrate the stopwatch setting on your phone. After the pandemic stopped it in its tracks last year, the Mohigan 5K Run and […]
Come out and wing it at the Battelle District Fair
MORGANTOWN — Veteran educator David Cottrell is used to tossing out questions to inspire dialogue and lines of thought. This one, for example: “What’s cooler,” the principal of Clay-Battelle High […]
Shades of learning: 4-H is back with sun safety primer
MORGANTOWN — Gordon Gee was sporting his sunglass Thursday – even with the afternoon’s overcast skies and occasional smattering of rain. The WVU president wasn’t going all hipster-aloof, however. He […]
