Monongalia County’s school district is set to vaccinate 1,500 of its middle-schoolers next week. That’s how many 12-to-15-year-olds in the county have signed up for their first […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Speaking the same language: Chinese immersion camp for Mon elementary students to be held next month
A couple of summers ago in Monongalia County, when pandemics were the subjects of dystopian science fiction novels, a lesson in tolerance was being talked out in […]
Four wheels, not flowers, for Mother’s Day
Mothers and daughters have … debates … on occasion. If you’re a mom, that means you started out a daughter — which means you already know all […]
Mon Schools has already registered 400 in anticipation of new Pfizer shot
The push is on. Monongalia County school officials are already moving in anticipation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s likely approval of the Pfizer vaccine for […]
COVID cases send 51 students into quarantine
A total of 30 students were sent home from Mountainvew Elementary School after two classmates tested positive for COVID, the district announced. Those students will quarantine for […]
Graduation dates, times set for Mon’s three public high schools
Everybody knew it was coming, and when it did, the only thing to do was laugh — or go all deadpan, as Emma Williams did. “This is […]
High court hears charter school case
Who’s suing who? That was the question the justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court had for the attorney representing the board of what still could be […]
Proms and the promise of a better year for Mon County Schools
Rented tuxedos and gowns just so. Corsages, the newly waxed car in the driveway for the cruise to the hall and the requisite cellphone snaps in front […]
Too many cooks? Not in Mon Schools or at Scott’s Run Settlement House
MORGANTOWN — If you were to sneak a peek at Shay Petitto’s day planner, you’d see the entry for Monday, May 3, 2021, boldly circled and underscored […]
‘We don’t want to see a kid go hungry’: Mon Schools announces summer feeding program
MORGANTOWN — Students who rely on school breakfast and lunch in Monongalia County won’t go hungry this summer. Packaged meal boxes will be offered at several sites […]
