This coming Monday will be one of those “make a note of it” days for the Monongalia County Board of Education. When the board meets that evening — Nancy Walker won’t be there. Walker, whose 28 years on the board made her its longest-tenured member, announced earlier that when it ...
As the current No. 1 high school in West Virginia — so recognized last year by U.S. News and World Report — Morgantown High School is long accustomed to seeing its name in lights. Now, the school’s MHS Foundation wants to see that translated to the now-dilapidated and closed-off ...
Close to 45,000 high school students in West Virginia last year took career technical education courses as part of their day-to-day. More than 7,000 were graduates from such programs. And 30,786 students in grades 6-8 — that’s 56% of that population — were enrolled in a career ...
Call it a Renaissance road trip. “We’re planning to take as many teachers as we can get on the charter bus,” Mon Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said during Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting. He’s referring to a scheduled Feb. 12 excursion to Leesburg, ...
After 28 years of service on the Monongalia County Board of Education, Nancy Walker has announced her decision not to seek reelection. Walker has always been known for her engagement — even before she was on the BOE, she was on her kids’ school’s PTA and improvement council, plus she ...
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 ...