When North Elementary’s principal and vice principal were abruptly put on administrative leave in February, we warned about the dangers of an information vacuum: In the absence of facts, rumors […]
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In an info vacuum, an oft-repeated rumor can be mistaken for truth
The announcement that North Elementary’s principal and vice principal have been put on leaves of absence came as a shock. A letter was sent to the North community last Tuesday, […]
MPD addresses masked criminal rumors: ‘No such incidents reported’
The Morgantown Police Department addressed rumors that have been circulating on local social media pages and message boards concerning an individual or group of individuals wearing ski masks committing various […]
Classroom litter boxes, cat translators and other myths running rampant
by Gene Lyons This just in: Regardless of what your ex-wife’s hairdresser’s brother-in-law says, there’s not a single documented instance of a school district anywhere in the United States installing […]
