Current student against STEM academy I am a rising senior at Morgantown High School. I am writing to express my opinions on the new school, the Renaissance Academy. One of the obvious objections I have to the construction of this new school is that I will not be around to experience ...
Early voting ended Saturday in Monongalia County with a total of 6,244 ballots cast. That was the word not long after polls closed at 5 p.m. from Carye Blaney, Mon's county clerk. Election Day is Tuesday for West Virginia's primary. Meanwhile, Eddie Campbell Jr., Mon's superintendent ...
Senate cannot delay vote on child tax credit It is imperative for the U.S. Senate to take immediate action and expand the child tax credit. How long must families wait? Nearly two months have passed since the House passed a bipartisan child tax credit enhancement and sent it to the ...
Not your “grandfather’s vo-tech.” That’s how John Chadwick described the proposed Renaissance Academy to members of the Monongalia County Board of Education at a meeting last June. Chadwick is an architect and project manager with the Washington, D.C., offices of the DLR Group, ...
Questions linger about STEM academy On Feb. 13, I attended the Monongalia County Board of Education meeting that highlighted the benefits of the proposed Renaissance Academy (RA). I was excited and impressed about the future of Mon County career technical and STEM education. However, a few ...
LEESBURG, Va. — One student smiled and nodded hello to the tour group as she entered a glass-walled laboratory-styled space and began poring over a collection of charts, graphs and reports. Directly below, on the ground floor of the facility and by way of that same wall, another one of ...