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Trio of educators to receive Boy Scout award for their work in the classroom

Jay Cole, Michelle Richards-Babb and Sheri Petitte may — or may not — know how to navigate their way out of the deep woods with just a compass and their wits. It’s also not immediately known if the area educators possess any of the other skill sets associated with the Boys Scouts of America. The three, however, do know their way around a classroom. And that’s why they’re receiving the organization’s loftiest merit badge, as it were, for the daily work they do in their field. That’s the Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award, named in honor of the ...

$12M may aid charter schools

West Virginia’s still-new charter schools have been awarded a $12.3 million federal grant that supporters say will provide a major boost to grow the system. The five-year grant has come from the Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program under the U.S. Department of Education. Now, the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board says it can double the number of authorized charter schools and triple the number of students enrolled in them by 2018. Officials with the charter school board say the federal grant award — along with West Virginia’s ...

Six MHS students earn elite recognition

A big future now awaits six students from Morgantown High School.   BigFuture is the online guide administered by the national College Board to help students get ready for education and life after high school. Some $14 million in scholarships though the BigFuture program have been ...

Preston County teacher facing child abuse charges

A Preston County teacher faces child abuse charges after allegedly putting duct tape over a student’s mouth and binding the child’s hands. Cassandra “Candi” Diann Sisler, 43, of Terra Alta, and a teacher at Central Preston Middle School, was charged by West Virginia State Police on Friday with four counts of child abuse resulting in injury or creating risk of injury. According to criminal complaints, the victim told law enforcement that their teacher, who they identified as Sisler, put duct tape over their mouth on Oct. 2, 3, 4, and 5 “in the middle of class.” The ...

BOE discusses possible levy, repairs and parent notifications

KINGWOOD — Members of the Preston County Board of Education met at the East Preston School in Terra Alta Monday evening and discussed a possible levy, repairs at Preston High School (PHS), West Preston and parent notification requirements. During an earlier meeting board member Cross Kisner requested parent notification requirements be placed on the agenda. He expressed concerns that parents should be notified prior to their child being pulled out of the classroom. Examples given were school assemblies, guest speakers, counseling, nurse visits, tutoring, retaking special tests ...