Education Chairwoman Rucker announces challenge to Senate President Blair

September 1, 2022

Senate Education Chairwoman Patricia Rucker announced a challenge to Senator Craig Blair for leadership of the chamber. Blair has been poised to replace Rucker as education chairwoman, an announcement he’ll make officially this week. And there have been rumblings for weeks that fissures in the Republican caucus could result in a challenge to Blair. “I believe this is the right time to essentially work towards ensuring that the voters know that we will be moving in a new direction and in a much more positive direction. I am announcing today that I am running for Senate ...

Mon Schools has drivers for its buses — but just barely

August 29, 2022

Put Tony Harris behind a big steering wheel, and you’ve got a happy man. That, he did for 20 years as a school bus driver in Preston County. Harris navigated roads where the pavement appeared to disappear, once one finally crested the top, with lanes barely wide enough for a ...

Mon school district directing seniors to academic life — after high school

August 27, 2022

Last week’s news on the college-going rate for high school seniors from the Class of 2021 in West Virginia didn’t surprise Donna Talerico, the deputy superintendent of Monongalia County schools. It does, however, make her want to work harder for the Class of 2022, as it readies to go ...

Mon Schools: Weapons detectors may occasionally be placed at home football games this fall — as part of overall testing of the devices

August 26, 2022

Now that school is back in session and football is again upon the land, will the weapons detectors purchased earlier by Monongalia County’s Board of Education be showing up at home games here anytime soon? Most likely, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said. However, he said, they ...

Mon school board gets educated on Amendment 2

August 24, 2022

Amendment 2 is going to generate lots of math homework — anywhere from $17 million to $18 million a year, in fact — for the Monongalia County Board of Education if the proposed legislation passes in November. Mark Musick told BOE members that in so many words Tuesday night. Musick ...

Mon readies for first day of school

August 22, 2022

Those Bluebird buses are back on the road this morning in Monongalia County. Today is the first day of school in Mon, with 11,470 students, according to the most-recent enrollment numbers from the district, ready to report to their classes for the start of the 2022-23 academic ...