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Mon Schools set to go 5 days a week next month

Monongalia County Schools is going to five-day-a-week instruction next month for those families who feel comfortable sending their children back to their classrooms on that schedule. Under the new calendar, students from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade – again from the families opting for ...

Preston BOE has no say in how many COVID vaccines come to county

KINGWOOD – Cassandra Sisler, vice president of the Preston County Education Association, expressed concerns about vaccinations at the Monday evening meeting of the Preston County Board of Education. “People are scared,” she said  “It has a lot to do with (COVID) vaccinations. ...

Mason Dixon Elementary on remote for the next two weeks due to COVID

MORGANTOWN -- Three students at Mason Dixon Elementary have tested positive for the coronavirus, putting their school on remote learning for the rest of this week and next, the district announced. Eddie Campbell Jr., Monongalia County’s superintendent of schools, said families of the ...

What if we go so fast time turns backward?

 If you had the power to time travel, what would you do? Maybe you would visit the future and marvel at the advancements in technology. Maybe you would visit the dinosaurs. Maybe you would use your time travel abilities to win the lottery. Maybe you would take that chance you hadn’t ...

WVU disburses emergency grant funding

West Virginia University began disbursing funding to students through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II as authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act this week. Some students took to Facebook to express confusion or engage in speculation ...

Mon teachers receive 2nd Moderna dose

A second round of the Moderna vaccine went into 405 arms Friday morning at Morgantown High School. That means 405 teachers and other employees in Mon County Schools will soon have a better than 94% protection rate against the coronavirus after the two-week waiting period for full ...