The Dominion Post Editorial Board recently had the pleasure of interviewing candidates for Monongalia County and Preston County boards of education. We would like to thank all the candidates who took the time to meet with us and answer our questions. (Several candidates were unable to attend ...
NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect that Jennifer Hagerty, a candidate for Monongalia County Board of Education, wants to see more relevant professional development opportunities for educators — related to the specific needs of their schools and the content areas they teach. That ...
People elected to their county school boards across West Virginia already have a list of on-the-record mandates to which they must abide. Such as not pushing for family or friends seeking jobs in the system, as example. Or not awarding district-related contracts to your own company, or ...
MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County’s school district wants to clear the air for 2022. Or at least help students and teachers coexist with it better during these pandemic days. The district last week released an updated COVID response guide for its buildings, and HVAC, in many ways, is at ...
MORGANTOWN -- Clarence Harvey Jr., the longtime Monongalia County educator and school board member who died last week at the age of 95, was fluent in the language of his profession. Even the more jargon-y aspects of it. That is to say, he could make monuments out of manipulatives – ...
Eddie Campbell Jr. may have stopped just short of saying it, during a meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education last week. Metal detectors. Campbell is the superintendent of schools in the county, overseeing the 12,000 or so students publicly enrolled here. Nearly 40 ...