The Renaissance Academy inched a couple of notches closer to reality Tuesday night. That’s the working name of a planned $72 million, standalone high school for career and technical education […]
Tag: Monongalia County Schools
COVID at a single-digit low in Mon schools
Positive cases of COVID in Monongalia County schools were at their lowest numbers last week since the early days of the pandemic two years ago. The district reported just six […]
Mon Schools and COVID: ‘I think we’re in a pretty good place right now’
Mon’s students on Tuesday were in the midst of a mini-spring break. They’ll go back Thursday and then enjoy another round of days off next month around Easter. The local […]
Getting back to ‘normal’ in Mon’s schools
Monongalia County’s school district is continuing to inch to its way to what passes for normalcy in the (maybe) post-pandemic world. That was the message Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. delivered […]
Students adjusting to life without masks
Call it, preventive expression, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday. The Monongalia schools superintendent was talking about what the future deployment of facial coverings might be in hallways and classrooms, now […]
Mon students face school with a mask-optional policy today
So, how’d it go in your house this morning? Did your kid burst out the door, jumping at the chance for a truly new school day? Maybe it was just […]
Mon Schools: Don’t mask kindness during the switchover
Donna Talerico, who serves as Monongalia County’s deputy schools superintendent, began her career in education as an elementary school teacher. So did a lot of the other administrators in the […]
Booster shots to begin for Mon students 12 and older
COVID didn’t get to take off for Presidents’ Day like the students in Monongalia County did Monday. When said students show up to answer roll this morning, however, numbers of […]
Mon students to keep masks on for now
That mask your kid has been wearing to school — for forever, it seems — is going to continue to be part of the daily wardrobe. At least for now, […]
Mon students can roll up their sleeves for COVID boosters in coming days
Parents of Monongalia County middle school and high school students have until Feb. 18 to register their children for booster shots across the district to close out the month. The […]









