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BOE votes to delay getting back in class

KINGWOOD — Preston County students will continue remote learning  until Feb. 8, when the county board of education will re-evaluate a return to in-person learning. The board made the 4-1 decision Monday after more than 90 minutes of  discussion that included school officials ...

Preston students growing basil in virtual program

KINGWOOD — Some Preston County students will cultivate a  little Italian flavor, thanks to an upcoming online gardening program. The creative basil growing program will be held online at the ASE Virtual Hub on the TEAMS app from 4-6 p.m. beginning Jan. 25.  “At the end of the project the students will have gained reading and math skills through this citizen science experience,” Cindy Strahin, an After School Explorers (ASE) instructor, said. “This gardening program is ideal for any student in grades K-12.”  Another instructor, Meghan Hartwell, ...

University preps for Jan. 19 return

On-campus students need to be tested for COVID-19 by Saturday All students who will be on West Virginia University’s Morgantown campus for the spring semester are required to be tested for COVID-19 by Saturday, university officials said. The spring semester begins in one week ...

BOE members consider parents’ feedback

Letters regarding Justice’s return to school plan roll in KINGWOOD — Preston County’s board of education members are getting plenty of feedback on the governor’s proposal that students return to in-person learning. And the governor is flunking in those comments, they say. They ...

Why are parts of us symmetric and others not?

If someone sketched a line vertically starting from the middle of the top of your head to between your feet, the left side and the right side would likely look about the same. And if we look at our skeletons, all the bones in the left side match the bones in the right side. Even our brains ...

Getting a shot in the arm

Mon County school employees get their first COVID-19 shots The math couldn’t have gone any easier in the gym Friday at Morgantown High School. Only one number to be concerned with, actually. Thusly tabulated, there were 405 rolled-up sleeves, 405 bared arms and 405 broad smiles (or ...