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 ...
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 ...
MORGANTOWN – A group of childcare advocates stopped at the Morgantown offices of Rep. Alex Mooney and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Wednesday to drop off some information on what they term the “childcare cliff” and on two bills before Congress to address the problem. Between stops, ...
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 ...
Marianna Morgano got the last word on COVID last spring as she took the microphone during the Class of 2023 commencement at Morgantown High School. After all, her class — and the classes of her 12th-year counterparts nationwide — had just completed a run of school like no ...
“Under the twinkling lights of Starbrook Elementary School, happy laughter bubbled up from room 241. This was Mrs. Pickleberry’s 4th-grade classroom,” begins South Preston teacher Danielle Albright’s recently self-published children’s book, "Marigold Worries." The book tells the story of Marigold, a fourth-grade student who struggles with anxiety surrounding classroom activities like timed tests or presentations. Marigold and her teacher, Mrs. Pickleberry, work together to establish resources and strategies to help manage this anxiety, helping Marigold feel more comfortable ...
