The wind is still swirling around West Virginia Academy. That’s the name of what would have been the first charter school in the state. It had planned on operating in the Morgantown area, drawing from students across Monongalia County and portions of neighboring Preston. Both ...
Click here to read more about the Preston Board of Education's response The application for what would have been the first charter school in the state was given a failing grade Monday by the Monongalia County Board of Education.BOE members voted unanimously to deny the application put ...
Also, Mon BOE addresses spat of COVID cases Will this Friday (the 13th) prove unlucky for Monongalia County’s first proposed charter school? Or, will it go the other way for West Virginia Academy Ltd.? Answers to both will start emerging at 4 p.m. that day, Monongalia Schools ...
If the application goes through, West Virginia Academy Ltd. will be the first charter school in the Mountain State, operating in one of the more successful public school districts. Plans are for the school to be based in the Morgantown area, while recruiting students across Monongalia ...
Charter schools work because they aren’t over-regulated or generally bogged down by bureaucracy. They’re effective because of academic innovations and choices, which account for every student and every learning style. And a charter school in Monongalia County could make a county ...