The coronavirus cast its lengthiest shadow yet across Monongalia’s school district Wednesday. Four positive diagnoses were made at Cheat Lake Elementary, Ridgedale Elementary and Suncrest Middle — […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Mon BOE discusses holidays, charter school proposal
Will snow days become a casualty of COVID-19? Likely so, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Tuesday night. Campbell, Mon’s superintendent of schools, told Board of Education members that […]
WVEA: There should be remote learning through end of year
The hymn most associated with next week’s Thanksgiving holiday begins with the words, “We gather together.” And that’s what has Dale Lee of the West Virginia Education […]
Schools see fewer students in 2020
Enrollment drops as the coronavirus plagues districts Even if a coronavirus vaccine hits the market soon, the West Virginia Department of Education still might need a shot […]
Pink Out Fundraiser
Clay-Battelle teacher raises money for cancer research and awareness Twelve hours. That’s how long it took the doctors to do their work. And when she finally woke […]
Three counties land tech grants
Money will aid schools in Mon, Preston and Marion The robots are coming to Walmart. No, check that: The robots are leaving Walmart. The retail giant announced […]
Deadline looms for charter school
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 […]
‘Somewhere to go’
Facing dwindling numbers already, VFW vets have new enemy: COVID-19 On a chilly Wednesday afternoon in November, six days before Veterans Day 2014, Tom Mathews bellied up […]
Mon BOE prepares to discuss W.Va. Academy’s application
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 […]
COVID strikes MHS again
New positive result comes on heels of diagnosis last week COVID-19 continued its reach down the hallways of Morgantown High School on Friday. Another MHS student tested positive […]