MORGANTOWN – The state Senate Education Committee quickly passed on Tuesday bills dealing with child sexual abuse and child sexual violence prevention. SB 187 creates a new felony for any […]
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Auditions underway for ‘Mohigan Idol’: MHS-created talent show has raised close to $200K for WVU Medicine Children’s
Cue announcer: “This is … ‘Mohigan Idol.’ ” OK, so Ryan Seacrest won’t be on the stage of the Metropolitan Theatre next month to emcee, but the Hollywood-styled glamour and […]
Senate Education OKs bill to help small county schools by setting enrollment base of 1,200 for state funding formula
MORGANTOWN — State senators are once again considering a bill to help some small, financially struggling county school systems by setting a base enrollment figure for their school aid formula […]
MHS a national finalist in Samsung STEM competition
Morgantown High School is one of 300 schools across the country named a finalist in the Solve for Tomorrow competition, sponsored annually by Samsung Electronics America. Samsung launched the competition […]
School districts detail achievements and work to be done before Mon BOE
Monongalia County Board of Education member Mike Kelly remembers his days as a student at University High School, when the building was located atop Price Street, overlooking WVU’s downtown campus. […]
First word on 23: Mon Schools spelling bee is next month
Joe Paull, the late educator and community activist, used to patiently spell it out. “It’s not easy,” Paull once told The Dominion Post. “You’re in the arena, in front of […]
More freshmen enrolling in W.Va. community colleges and universities, officials say
After all those low marks in reading and math assessments this fall for West Virginia’s K-12 public school students, a positive blip is now occurring on the radar as 2022 […]
WVU nursing students: Internet not always in good condition during the pandemic
The pandemic pinched a communication nerve in West Virginia at its height two years ago. As COVID was then nipping at the state’s borders, Gov. Jim Justice ordered all public […]
‘It was just West Virginia’s turn’: MECCA’s director talks about Wednesday’s ‘swatting’ hoax in the Mountain State
Jim Smith, the director of MECCA 911, was on the phone with Chris McIntire, his counterpart in neighboring Marion County, when the obvious realization hit both emergency response professionals at […]
Disney exclusive: UHS one of 50 schools in the nation earning the rights to stage ‘Frozen’ musical
Things are currently on the frozen side at University High School, and Monday morning’s 20-degree temperatures didn’t have a thing to do with it. Thank Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Hans, […]
