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Truancy in Mon schools: Officials want to engage rather than punish

It wasn’t that long ago when students in Monongalia County’s school district were simply trying to get by in the midst of the pandemic. With COVID-19 turning traditional attendance into a patchwork quilt, some didn’t get by at all. Unpredictability was the new rule after morning ...

Weapon detectors reflect new reality in Mon schools

Monongalia County students attending summer school at Morgantown High are already understanding how it’s going to be in August when the fall term begins. That’s because they’re now passing through a high-tech weapons detector on their way to class. Mon’s Board of Education ...

School and health officials here keeping an eye on COVID, monkeypox

For Donna Talerico and Dr. Lee B. Smith, the summer of late has been an avalanche of good news — and relatively good news. Talerico serves as Monongalia County’s deputy superintendent of schools. Smith is the county’s health officer. Both are referring to COVID and monkeypox in ...

The state’s first-ever charter schools are readying for fall

During her years at Parkersburg High in Wood County’s school district, Cheryl Stahle was lauded for her work as a classroom teacher and language arts specialist. Come fall, she’ll again be at the head of the class — in cyberspace. Stahle this month was hired as principal of the ...

‘Summer Avalanche’ rumbles across Mon’s schools starting today

Hear that? The rumble? That’s the sound of synapses firing across Monongalia County’s school district this morning. And that’s because it’s Summer Avalanche time. Which, happens to be the name of the district’s landmark learning enrichment effort that is going on all this ...

Online registration for MTEC adult learners begins today

Summer? What summer? Greg Dausch gave a little laugh Thursday morning as he pulled himself away from his computer monitor to talk about his most-favorite season of all. That would be autumn, the director of the Monongalia County Technical Education Center said, when the facility on ...