Zero hour for Monongalia County Schools is 9 p.m., this Saturday. That’s when the state Department of Health and Human Resources updates the COVID-19 map that charts […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Mon County bars reopen; ‘orange’ counties turn down gov’s testing offer
Gov. Jim Justice bellied up to the bar Monday for Monongalia County. He decreed that drinking establishments here would reopen as per his earlier order. Taps will […]
DHHR begins accepting applications for school voucher program this week
No matter what COVID-19 says, the right school clothes are still the right school clothes. The state Department of Health and Human Resources begins accepting applications for […]
90 seniors decide to spend school year at home
Class of 2021 … forever? You can attribute the above punctuation to the coronavirus. The firast day of school is 12 days out. If the 12th-graders of […]
Mon Schools employee has COVID scare
While it began bumpy, the ride is seemingly smoothing out for the Monongalia County Schools transportation employee whose initial positive test for COVID-19 sparked fears he may […]
Mon Schools offer options
70% of parents favor in-class learning, 23% prefer distance It’s going to be blended-learning. Some 70% of Monongalia County parents have said they want to continue sending […]
Petition: Go remote for first 9 weeks
750 names, teacher testimonials part of effort to pivot online A Monongalia County kindergarten teacher will be part of the roll call during tonight’s Board of Education […]
Students pitch ways to improve the state’s foster care system
Hosted by WVU’s Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship In the COVID-19 summer of 2020, it probably couldn’t have been anything but a mask. At least that’s […]
COVID-19 czar announces child being treated for MIS-C in state
If you’re a parent fretting about sending your kid back to school Sept. 8 — the state’s COVID-19 czar gave you one more thing to fret about […]
Schools consider plans for spring
Like a pandemic version of Alice in Wonderland, the already fluid situation concerning COVID-19 and Mon Schools keeps getting — well — fluider and fluider. The […]
