MORGANTOWN — Veteran educator David Cottrell is used to tossing out questions to inspire dialogue and lines of thought. This one, for example: “What’s cooler,” the principal […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Shades of learning: 4-H is back with sun safety primer
MORGANTOWN — Gordon Gee was sporting his sunglass Thursday – even with the afternoon’s overcast skies and occasional smattering of rain. The WVU president wasn’t going all […]
Mon Schools waives mask requirement for summer – but will staff COVID disinfecting crews for fall
Mon County students getting ready for band camp and football practice this summer will be able to show their faces – for now, at least. The district […]
State Department of Education accepting public comment on charter school policy
What’s your opinion on charter schools in West Virginia? Now’s your chance to put it in writing with the state Department of Education. The department is accepting […]
Summer Avalanche designed to stop the learning slide in Mon Schools
MORGANTOWN — Call Tuesday the second first day of school for Mon County. Or the pre-first, perhaps. Tuesday’s the day the Summer Avalanche rumbles across the district. […]
Writing it down: Social worker pens book as a reverse-retirement gift to her clients
In the annals of human experience and human interaction, consider … the cheeseburger. Not the kind you grab at the drive-thru, and certainly not the ones wrapped […]
The doctor is in: Aspiring physician and MHS senior Ryder Shinaberry to take part in national youth conference on medicine
MORGANTOWN — Paramedics are the people you don’t want to see — and can’t wait to see at the same time. Ryder Shinaberry, who will be a […]
State Department of Education launches book project for young readers
MORGANTOWN — The state Department of Education is writing the book on country music megastar Dolly Parton. In a matter of speaking. Or reading, that is. The […]
Million Dollar Baby(Dog)
MORGANTOWN — Sharon Turner had a million questions when the State Police knocked on her door Wednesday afternoon. Two hours later, she received a million-dollar answer from […]
Mon BOE ready to slide into July’s ‘Summer Avalanche’ enrichment program
Those rumbles you heard during Tuesday’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education were a good thing. BOE members and school administrators discussed particulars of the […]
