KINGWOOD — Not all Preston County parents agree with the current school mask mandate. Roughly 20 parents, some with their children, protested the mandate Friday. They stood on the sidewalk across from the courthouse annex holding signs and waving at vehicles as drivers honked in ...
MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County students couldn’t sidestep the coronavirus in the main hallway for the return to classes last week. Twenty-four students across the district tested positive for the contagion in the first days after the opening of school, the district said Monday. An ...
KINGWOOD -- At an emotional and disorderly emergency meeting of the Preston County Board of Education Monday morning, board members voted 3-2 in favor of requiring masks until Sept. 27, with a provision that each school have a place for students to unmask. Board members Jeff Zigray and Pam ...
MORGANTOWN -- Never mind the pandemic. Some students just need a little help getting acclimated to school. Monongalia County’s youngest students and their families will get that help starting next week in the district. An open house for the district’s GUIDES/PIECES program will be ...
One down. Monongalia County schools went into Day 2 of the of the new academic year Wednesday with only “a few tweaks” related to bus runs, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said. “It’s just a matter of making sure we’re getting our kids on time,” the superintendent ...
ARTHURDALE — Art projects by children and teens from Preston, Monongalia, Marion and Taylor counties were featured at an art exhibit Wednesday evening at Arthurdale Heritage Association (AHA). Raquel DeLoach, children’s program director, said approximately 25 children ages 4–14 ...