Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. That’s “DDT,” for those of you too young to know. In Wisconsin in the late 1950s, all the farmers knew then was that the insecticide worked. […]
Author: Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post
Mon teachers return to school to prep for class
Monday was first day back since pandemic After five months of echoing hallways, schools across Monongalia County suddenly got noisy again Monday. That was when teachers and […]
Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote
West Virginia women key to ratification of 19th amendment “Now what would you do in a case like this?” That was the caption-question of a postcard that […]
Mon County approves blended learning for first nine weeks
Faced with growing uncertainty and trepidation over COVD-19, Monongalia County Schools announced Friday it will go with blended learning for the first nine weeks of school this […]
Survey: Parents prefer distance learning
Gov. to announce plan on Sept. 1 So goes back-to-school and the quandary of COVID-19: Kids need to be in the classroom, for face-to-face instruction, from professional […]
Families equally divided on school in fall
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Board of Education members found out Tuesday night that pandemic math can be pretty absolute. That is, it would appear that just as […]
Gov. sets Sept. 1 as decision deadline
Still hopes to get kids across state back in classrooms It was a primer on how pandemics work in West Virginia. This particular one, anyway. And it […]
BOE releases back-to-school survey questioning return plans
With a tenure on the Monongalia County Board of Education approaching 25 years, Nancy Walker, it can be said, has a library of institutional knowledge housed in […]
Education leaders unhappy with governor ’s back-to-school plan
The leaders of two state education unions gave Gov. Jim Justice failing marks in pandemic performance Thursday afternoon. Fred Albert and Joe White said the governor isn’t doing enough […]
Color-coded system to have an impact on school-related events
Gov. Jim Justice used some Friday night lights to illuminate his COVID-19 briefing Wednesday afternoon. That is, he said, green really will mean “go,” for your football […]
