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COVID up in Mon schools

Ninety students in the district have tested positive for COVID the new school year thus far. And 316 of their classmates are currently out on quarantine. Twelve staffers have also received positive diagnoses, including one in the district’s central office. Another three staff workers ...

School district will follow doctor’s orders

Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said the district will go into September just like a good, compliant patient. That is, it will follow doctor’s orders – the doctor in this instance being Dr. Lee B. Smith, Mon’s county health officer. “We’ll continue to take ...

What makes ice slippery?

When I first learned how to ice skate, my teacher taught us to do fishies with our feet. We would have the heels of our feet touching, then we would push outward and then push inward until our toes touched. Our feet would make an oval shape that kind of looked like the shape of a fish. Why ...

Rare faculty vote reveals overwhelming support for vaccine mandate

MORGANTOWN — The majority of WVU faculty have voted in favor of a non-binding resolution to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees and students on campus by Jan. 1. “If we continue with this dance of not having vaccines and having to go back into quarantines and shutdowns, the ...

No school Wednesday in Mon over hurricane concerns

MORGANTOWN -- The last of Hurricane Ida spiraled out over north-central West Virginia on Wednesday, and Monongalia County’s school buildings weathered the storm well – even if district officials did cancel class as a precaution. “We were worried that we’d get in a situation where ...