Now that school is back in session and football is again upon the land, will the weapons detectors purchased earlier by Monongalia County’s Board of Education be showing up at […]
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Teachable lunch: First Ward woman and her daughters make lunches for those less fortunate on first day of school
Sometimes, a person just wants to do something unconditionally nice for her community, that’s all. That’s why Stacey Elza kept staring at that cooler on her porch. And that’s why […]
Mon school board gets educated on Amendment 2
Amendment 2 is going to generate lots of math homework — anywhere from $17 million to $18 million a year, in fact — for the Monongalia County Board of Education […]
First day of school in Mon: Going through the detectors — and coming back from the charters
The new reality of life for Monongalia County’s three public high schools kicked in Tuesday morning for the first day of the fall term. Or rather, queued up – for […]
Mon readies for first day of school
Those Bluebird buses are back on the road this morning in Monongalia County. Today is the first day of school in Mon, with 11,470 students, according to the most-recent enrollment […]
Mission and mind: Fairmont’s martial arts students set the tone
FAIRMONT — Sawyer Ammons was all sound and (controlled) fury as he performed his kata — the collective kicks, punches and other moves that are the traditional opening of any […]
From Super Bowls to Super Donuts, ‘You have to keep moving,’ Franco Harris says
Franco Harris got an immaculate reception, of sorts, Friday morning at South Middle School. The 100 or so people in the auditorium laughed warmly at the one-liners launched out with […]
GameChanger hires director of prevention programs
A nationally certified school psychologist is joining the GameChanger team. Kim Legg will serve as director of prevention for the program, designed to blot the stain of substance abuse in […]
WVU child care director receives national recognition for mentoring
It’s Wednesday, right before lunch at Bright Horizons’ WVU Medicine Child Development Center, and Amy Cook is doing triple duty. Quadruple duty, even. Cook, who is director of the center, […]
Mapping it out: MHS student wins national surveying competition
The first day of school is less than a week out, and Lauren Shen, it could be said, already has the angles down. Most of them, anyway. The 16-year-old incoming […]
