MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee kept the House carbon sequestration bill moving forward Friday. And House Education OK’d a bill regarding school consolidation impact statements. The sequestration bill is […]
Education
State Senate OKs bill paving the way for learning pods and microschools as education alternatives
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate started clearing the path for two more alternatives to public schools Friday, passing SB 268. It spells out the requirements for microschools and learning pods, […]
House Education approves bill to allow armed teachers to serve as School Protection Officers
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee spent five hours Thursday hashing over a bill to allow select teachers to serve as armed School Protection Officers in their buildings. HB 2364 […]
Former Mon BOE president gives failing grade to partisan school board election proposal
People elected to their county school boards across West Virginia already have a list of on-the-record mandates to which they must abide. Such as not pushing for family or friends […]
Preston parents upset about pro-vaccine message
KINGWOOD — Some Preston County parents are upset over the school district’s mask mandate and a health department visit to schools featuring a pro-vaccine message. At the Board of Education […]
Mon students to keep masks on for now
That mask your kid has been wearing to school — for forever, it seems — is going to continue to be part of the daily wardrobe. At least for now, […]
House OKs bill to prepare shovel-ready sites for new businesses, and HEPC funding formula bill
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed an economic development bill Wednesday that has been a priority for legislative and economic development leaders. The House also passed its version of […]
Mon students among U.S. Presidential scholar candidates
President Lyndon Johnson had lofty hopes for the future when he strode to the center of the East Room in the White House on June 10, 1964. That was because […]
Kingwood Elementary library flooded
KINGWOOD — Kingwood Elementary’s principal and a Preston County Board of Education member gave a thank you to everyone who helped when a flood caused by malfunctioning sprinklers destroyed most […]
House Education Committee puzzles and stalls on bill to hold back third-graders failing reading and math; distracted driving bill passes in House Tech
MORGANTOWN – A House bill to require third-graders who fail a statewide test measuring math and reading skills to be held back for a year hit a wall in the […]
