The push is on. Monongalia County school officials are already moving in anticipation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s likely approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children 12 to […]
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COVID cases send 51 students into quarantine
A total of 30 students were sent home from Mountainvew Elementary School after two classmates tested positive for COVID, the district announced. Those students will quarantine for 14 days, as […]
Graduation dates, times set for Mon’s three public high schools
Everybody knew it was coming, and when it did, the only thing to do was laugh — or go all deadpan, as Emma Williams did. “This is extremely fitting for […]
High court hears charter school case
Who’s suing who? That was the question the justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court had for the attorney representing the board of what still could be the Mountain State’s […]
Proms and the promise of a better year for Mon County Schools
Rented tuxedos and gowns just so. Corsages, the newly waxed car in the driveway for the cruise to the hall and the requisite cellphone snaps in front of the fireplace, […]
Too many cooks? Not in Mon Schools or at Scott’s Run Settlement House
MORGANTOWN — If you were to sneak a peek at Shay Petitto’s day planner, you’d see the entry for Monday, May 3, 2021, boldly circled and underscored twice. That’s […]
‘We don’t want to see a kid go hungry’: Mon Schools announces summer feeding program
MORGANTOWN — Students who rely on school breakfast and lunch in Monongalia County won’t go hungry this summer. Packaged meal boxes will be offered at several sites across the county, […]
Mon Schools’ ‘Avalanche’ will pile on the learning fun this summer
Today is the last day to register for Summer Avalanche 2021, the academic enrichment program for Monongalia County students which hits this summer. Organizers say the idea is the pile […]
Mom and social worker to BOE: Lessen the mask mandate
MORGANTOWN — Headaches. Nosebleeds. Dizziness. Angsty feelings of isolation. All of the above are why Carmen Abreu would like Monongalia County’s school district to relax its face mask mandate for […]
More COVID in Mon schools while district readies for fall
Monongalia County school district officials spent most of Tuesday sorting through another spate of COVID cases that impacted students and staffers across five schools. “We were busy,” Superintendent Eddie Campbell […]
