Morgantown High School can now boast two more National Merit Scholars, with the inductions of Carter Herron and Amy Lu into its 2023 class. The two MHS seniors are among 12 students from across the Mountain State named to the elite academic honorary. The red-brick school on Wilson ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — West Virginia ranks near the bottom when it comes to teacher pay. Public school teachers in the Mountain State are among the lowest paid in the nation with an average salary of $50,315 as of the 2021-22 school year. The new figures released by the National Education Association ranked West Virginia 50th out of 51 states, including the District of Columbia. Last year, West Virginia ranked 49th. West Virginia Education Association President Dale Lee said the low pay is having a direct impact on teacher shortages across the state. “In ...
A Morgantown High School senior who founded a literacy program for underserved youngsters across West Virginia and the globe has been named to the 2023 class of U.S. Presidential Scholars. Rania Zuri joins 160 other soon-to-be graduates recognized for their prowess in the classroom and ...
A now-retired vice principal who is at the center of a student assault case at North Elementary School, reported to Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Monday to answer a charge of battery. Carol Muniz, who police say was observed on school surveillance video hitting a student with her ...
Say you’re a West Virginian — born, bred and everything. Say you moved here for college and never left, thus claiming (and not unjustly) Wild, Wonderful as yours, too. Say you’re always ready, at the drop of your WVU ball cap, to summon the pastoral pantheon of pop culture icons running these hillbilly thoroughfares. You know: Your pepperoni rolls and your ramps. Your Mothman and your Mary Lou Retton. Bill Withers. Can’t forget Bill Withers. And the eternally far-out John Denver, even if that tune he’s known for only grazes a sliver of Eastern Panhandle while ...
A nearly $157 million operating budget being lined up for this coming year for Monongalia County Schools also carries a line item reflective of the generosity Mon’s voters have afforded the district over the years. Board of Education members moved to advance the document during their ...
