It’s hard to find an off-ramp when COVID is still behind the wheel. That was the direction the Monongalia County Board of Education took Tuesday night after […]
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Mon Schools: Doses could be given to students aged 5-11 as early as next month
MORGANTOWN — Like a race car at the starting line, revving its engine. That’s how Donna Talerico describes the state of the COVID vaccine in Monongalia County […]
COVID a consistent fact in Mon schools
MORGANTOWN — It was business as usual in Monongalia County schools last week. Students shuffled in for class and teachers worked from their lesson plans. Football teams […]
‘That’s why we’re trying to protect everybody’
These are the COVID numbers Donna Talerico doesn’t mind passing along. More than 1,250 employees of Monongalia County schools have been fully vaccinated to date in clinics […]
Mon schools to remain open — for now
MORGANTOWN — Another 55 students tested positive for COVID last week in Monongalia County schools. The number of classmates now in quarantine as a precaution is up […]
MHS senior on the first day of school: ‘It depends on your perspective’
MORGANTOWN — Yes, that really is a school bus in front of you at the traffic light. Aug. 24 is the first day of school across Monongalia […]
‘An important job before the pandemic’
Students from the Mylan Park and Clay-Battelle school attendance areas reported to a soggy roll call Monday morning, in advance of next week’s start of classes in […]
Going to school (or not) in a pandemic: Mon district to look at how COVID shaped its proficiency scores
Like getting a test back from the teacher and already knowing the grade, Donna Talerico said. Talerico, the deputy superintendent of Monongalia County Schools, was talking about […]
State Department of Education launches ‘I Got Vaxxed’ campaign
MORGANTOWN — Amazing how much enthusiasm an adhesive bandage can generate. That’s why that grin kept breaking out under Sam Watson’s facemask, as he kept his eyes […]
Summer Avalanche designed to stop the learning slide in Mon Schools
MORGANTOWN — Call Tuesday the second first day of school for Mon County. Or the pre-first, perhaps. Tuesday’s the day the Summer Avalanche rumbles across the district. […]