When is a sticker a statement? When does “protection” turn into “oppression"? And just how much power can a Gay Pride flag wield, now that we’re talking about it? That’s what it boiled down to after all the marathon talk during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Monongalia ...
One informational session at time, the Renaissance Academy is continuing to inch toward the day when it actually welcomes Monongalia County students into its classrooms. That’s the working name of a planned $72 million standalone high school that would be solely devoted to STEM — the ...
A total of 28% of Monongalia County’s high school seniors qualified for West Virginia’s coveted Promise Scholarship last year, giving Mon’s public district tops in the state. The district also outpaced the state in proficiency scores in reading and math during that same time ...
High school can be bad enough on a good day — and for Aaron Reedy, there were no good days back then. In fact, it was all he could do to make it through the main hallway, he told members of the Monongalia County Board of Education on Tuesday night. “I was relentlessly bullied,” ...
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 ...
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 ...