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Preston High principal resigns

KINGWOOD -  Preston High School Principal Carrie Pratt resigned Wednesday, according to Superintendent of Schools Stephen L. Wotring. Wotring said assistant principal Pam Wilt will now act as interim principal.  He said Wilt holds the most senior administrative position at the ...

Quarantine numbers are getting attention

A recent COVID-19 incident at Mountaineer Middle School was indeed the first case of a student-to-student transmission of the virus in Monongalia County school building. Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. made that official during Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting. That case ...

Preston Board of Education approves levy rates

KINGWOOD – The proposed Levy Rates for the Fiscal Year 2021-22 were presented and approved 5-0 by the Preston Board of Education Monday.  The levy will now be submitted to the State Board of Education and the State Tax Commissioner for approval. The Regular levy as determined by the ...

More COIVD cases in area schools

University High School went into Monday with another positive COVID case of a student, which in turn put an additional 17 students, plus one teacher, into quarantine, the district announced. That means the school on Bakers Ridge is beginning this week with the way ended the last ...

First student- to-student virus case

Thursday’s positive COVID diagnosis of a Mountaineer Middle student may have given the school a pandemic designation Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. was hoping to avoid. “It looks like we’re probably going to have to label this as our first classroom-to-classroom transmission in ...

Teacher strike bill becomes law without governor's signature

MORGANTOWN – The bill spelling out penalties for teachers and school personnel who go on strike has become law, but without the governor's endorsement. SB 11 passed the Senate by a 21-12 vote Feb. 22, and passed the House 53-46 March 2. After some amendment adjustments, it completed its ...