KINGWOOD — It looks like Preston County Schools is going to lose $272,000 in state aid because of charter school enrollment. “I think this is huge. None of us knew […]
Education
Mon Schools expected to lose $1.9 million in funding as students enroll in charters
Don’t let those dollar signs with all those zeros attached fool you, Eddie Campbell Jr. said. Campbell is superintendent of Monongalia County Schools, and his district just approved an operating […]
234 PHS grads say goodbye, move forward
KINGWOOD — Graduation is traditionally a way for students to say good-bye to adolescence, friends, faculty and a high school that has been a home-away-from-home for four years. Thursday evening, […]
Classroom libraries must be inventoried because of new law
KINGWOOD — Senate Bill 704, passed in the most-recent legislative session, requires schools to publish a syllabus so parents know exactly what is being taught. Its implementation was a topic […]
Police patrols stepped up at Mon’s schools in wake of Texas shootings
It’s doing what the district does anyway, Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday — just more of it. He was referring to this week’s stepped-up police patrols around […]
Capito talks with West Virginia reporters about Texas school shooting
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito met virtually with West Virginia reporters Thursday and most of the questions and answers dealt with the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. Sen. Joe Manchin […]
‘You’re not too busy — trust me’
Most of the time it sounded like Greg Dausch was reading resumes — instead of graduation names. That’s because he was, in effect. Dausch is director of the Monongalia County […]
MHS math students map it out in national competition
By this time of the year, your average high school student usually has all the angles figured out. In math teacher Brian Jackson’s classroom at Morgantown High School on Tuesday […]
‘Sometimes, we forget who the true heroes are’
The family of St. Francis Central Catholic School has a binder full of love for Adrianna Chico Evans, a beloved teacher who was lost to the pandemic last fall. A […]
Now vending: KNOWLEDGE — Bruceton School unveils book machine
BRUCETON MILLS — Vending machines typically dispense snacks, but the one in Bruceton School’s cafeteria spits out food for the brain. Students earn tokens in class, which are put into […]
