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Preston says blended return to school a data-keeping nightmare

KINGWOOD – The return to school on a blended learning schedule is proving to be a data-keeping nightmare, Superintendent Steve Wotring told the Preston County Board of Education on Monday. Most students are returning to school two days per week. Special education students, high school ...

BOE members consider parents’ feedback

Letters regarding Justice’s return to school plan roll in KINGWOOD — Preston County’s board of education members are getting plenty of feedback on the governor’s proposal that students return to in-person learning. And the governor is flunking in those comments, they say. They ...

Preston hires new high school principal

KINGWOOD — An experienced educator who is no stranger to Preston County is the new principal at the county’s only high school. The Preston County Board of Education hired Carrie Pratt, of Morgantown, on a 5-0 vote Monday evening. She will begin work today as the principal at Preston ...

Private school lawsuit dismissed

Academy accused Preston BOE of targeting it with lies KINGWOOD — A lawsuit filed by a private school against the Preston County Board of Education has been dismissed.  Kristine Ayers-Cline, the director of the Academy,  and Laurel Academy LLC filed the suit in February in ...

Preston teachers, board discuss mastery learning

KINGWOOD — Mastery learning and whether Preston High should have been mandating continued to be discussed at this week’s Preston County Board of Education meeting. Teachers told the board they weren’t given time to adequately prepare for the switch to mastery learning and its ...