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Mon Schools: 359 students out with COVID last week

Last week’s COVID report from Monongalia County schools has some pandemic sticker-shock attached to it, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said. Said shock, because 359 students presented with positive diagnoses, he said. So did 59 staffers. And another 440 students, plus 60 more ...

Mon Schools: Some bus routes still not passable Wednesday morning

MORGANTOWN — Presenting the latest inductees to the Monongalia County Winter-Sideways-Driving Hall of Fame: Lazelle School Road, Beulah Road and Pixler Hill Road. Sandbank Road and Nicholson Loop, too. Not to mention Breakiron Road, Pounds Hollow Road and Hildebrand Lock and Dam ...

Mon schools giving a ‘wait and see’ on more snow days this week

Weather or not, Monongalia County Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. will likely have to make some more snow day decisions for the rest of week. Tuesday was one of those for Mon students. Calling school, he said, was easy after that road report the day before from the state ...

Raise your hand: Mon schools talk teacher shortage, Legislative session

MORGANTOWN — Sure, it looks good on paper, Eddie Campbell Jr. said, but where are you going to get the people? Campbell, Monongalia County’s superintendent of schools, was musing about a lofty goal sure to get attention during the 2022 state legislative session, which gaveled in last ...

Filing for Preston County elected offices is open

KINGWOOD — Filing is open for those seeking an elected position in the May 2022 primary election. The election will see two current Preston County Board of Education members competing for the same seat as a result of the recently changed magisterial districts. The terms of BOE members ...

Mon BOE talks boosters, Harvey’s legacy

Monongalia County students will be able to roll up their sleeves for their COVID boosters as early as next month, the district said. Donna Talerico, Mon’s deputy superintendent of schools, told Board of Education members during their meeting Tuesday night that schedules for the clinics ...