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Registration open for alternate learning school in Preston

Registration is open for a free Hope Scholarship funded alternate school at Preston County Youth Center near Reedsville. This is an opportunity for pre-K through grade 12 students to attend school in a faith-based atmosphere while experiencing a traditional education tailored to their individual needs. The school is free and includes free lunch. Trained staff are available to secure your free Hope Scholarship. They can also assist homeschoolers and others to become eligible. Several certified teachers are on board and more may be hired depending on enrollment. Class sizes ...

Taking flight: Pierpont aviation career fair set for April 11 in Harrison County

FAIRMONT — No matter the age of the pilot or the scale of the machine, flying is flying. A budding group of pilots and aviation engineers from middle schools and high schools across West Virginia and Ohio gave loft to that notion a couple years back during a drone aircraft competition in Fairmont. They whooped and yelled as they sent the miniature, lighter-than-air machines through a course that included mazes, tricky-to-negotiate archways and even a ping pong ball challenge. It was an event designed to showcase north-central West Virginia’s burgeoning avionics ...

BOE candidates talk issues with editorial board

Still-flagging reading and math scores wrought by the pandemic. New challenges accompanied by the introduction of charter schools to the region. And a $142.6 million bond call for a standalone school devoted solely to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that could be open to Monongalia County students by 2027 – if voters say yes on the ballot next month. Those issues, and more, are currently on the collective plate of the Mon County Board of Education. The three candidates for BOE who are also on that ballot sat down Tuesday with the editorial board of The ...