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Supreme Court takes over Hope Scholarship appeal: Promises hearing soon, says no to stay

West Virginia’s Supreme Court has taken over consideration of whether a scholarship for students leaving the public school system violates the state constitution. A majority of justices rejected a motion to stay a lower court’s decision to halt the Hope Scholarship, but the Supreme Court did agree to consider the issue swiftly. Justices set oral arguments for Oct. 4. The issue had been the first big case before West Virginia’s new intermediate court of appeals. Now the Supreme Court will hear the appeal instead. Those decisions were expressed in an order released Thursday ...

Mapping it out: MHS student wins national surveying competition

The first day of school is less than a week out, and Lauren Shen, it could be said, already has the angles down. Most of them, anyway. The 16-year-old incoming junior at Morgantown High still isn’t exactly sure what she’ll be doing down the road in college. “I know it will have ...

Super visit: Franco Harris scheduled to meet with Mon school cooks

On his way to becoming an NFL legend, former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris used to carry the ball for the Penn State Nittany Lions. Which used to have the WVU Mountaineers on its regular schedule. Which — it doesn’t really need to be said, if you were there — also ...

New Mountaineers volunteer to help keep Star City beautiful

A few areas in Star City got a little sprucing up Thursday afternoon thanks to a little help from a group of incoming freshmen at West Virginia University. “We are a group of Mountaineers from WVU who are spending their afternoon doing some service,” Melissa Calabrese, with the WVU ...

Mon Schools fare better than most in reading, math and science scores

COVID doesn’t grade on a curve. West Virginia State Board of Education President Paul Hardesty found that out Wednesday in Charleston, as he and his board colleagues convened for their August meeting. “We’ve got work to do,” he said. He was referring to the most-recent ...

Four charter schools could hit enrollment of 1,500

CHARLESTON — Enrollment in West Virginia’s four public charter schools could reach 1,500 as the final schools open for their first school year later this month. Members of the West Virginia Professional Charter School Board were updated on enrollment numbers during their Tuesday meeting. Board Executive Director James Paul said the Morgantown-based West Virginia Academy, which began classes last week, has 470 students, while the Eastern Panhandle Prep Academy has a verified enrollment of 381 students. There are two virtual charter schools. The West Virginia Virtual Academy ...