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 […]
Tag: Monongalia County Schools
Mon school district directing seniors to academic life — after high school
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. […]
Mon Schools: Weapons detectors may occasionally be placed at home football games this fall — as part of overall testing of the devices
Now that school is back in session and football is again upon the land, will the weapons detectors purchased earlier by Monongalia County’s Board of Education be showing up at […]
Mon school board gets educated on Amendment 2
Amendment 2 is going to generate lots of math homework — anywhere from $17 million to $18 million a year, in fact — for the Monongalia County Board of Education […]
Class is in session
Yesterday, students stepped off the bus for the first time this year — some of them for the first time ever. They made the first of hundreds of journeys through […]
Mon readies for first day of school
Those Bluebird buses are back on the road this morning in Monongalia County. Today is the first day of school in Mon, with 11,470 students, according to the most-recent enrollment […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mon district, BOE terminates teacher’s employment
A University High School teacher has been fired by the district. The decision to terminate Travis Wells, who taught science at the school on Bakers Ridge Road, came after a […]
Dig in: Mon Schools ready to serve up breakfast and lunch to hungry students
There have been more than a few times over these past several months that Brian Kiehl didn’t know where his next meal was coming from. From the pandemic to supply-chain […]
