MORGANTOWN — West Virginians awaiting student loan debt relief will be able to apply for that relief starting in early October. In West Virginia, there are roughly 225,800 borrowers with […]
Education
Gee: WVU looking to the river, satellite campuses for future growth
MORGANTOWN — “We realize we have to change or die,” WVU President Gordon Gee said during a recent sitdown with The Dominion Post Editorial Board. “We have to really create […]
Education Chairwoman Rucker announces challenge to Senate President Blair
Senate Education Chairwoman Patricia Rucker announced a challenge to Senator Craig Blair for leadership of the chamber. Blair has been poised to replace Rucker as education chairwoman, an announcement he’ll […]
Mon Schools has drivers for its buses — but just barely
Put Tony Harris behind a big steering wheel, and you’ve got a happy man. That, he did for 20 years as a school bus driver in Preston County. Harris navigated […]
Mon school district directing seniors to academic life — after high school
Last week’s news on the college-going rate for high school seniors from the Class of 2021 in West Virginia didn’t surprise Donna Talerico, the deputy superintendent of Monongalia County schools. […]
Mon Schools: Weapons detectors may occasionally be placed at home football games this fall — as part of overall testing of the devices
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Supreme Court takes over Hope Scholarship appeal: Promises hearing soon, says no to stay
West Virginia’s Supreme Court has taken over consideration of whether a scholarship for students leaving the public school system violates the state constitution. A majority of justices rejected a motion […]
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 […]
