KINGWOOD — A skills gap is creating opportunities for Preston High students to get free training and good-paying jobs soon after graduation. At the most recent Preston […]
Education
W.Va. House overwhelmingly passes teacher pay raise bill
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a pay raise bill that includes teachers, school service workers and State Police. The vote was 89 in favor, eight […]
Cheat Lake Elementary students bring biography assignment to life
MORGANTOWN — Philo T. Farnsworth made an appearance at Cheat Lake Elementary on Friday. So did Steph Curry, Jane Goodall, Babe Ruth, Marie Curie, Wilbur & Orville […]
House committee passes bill to make major changes to school calendar
CHARLESTON — Calling it the “landmark” legislation of this legislative session, members of the House of Delegates Education Committee passed a bill Thursday morning making major changes to […]
Teacher pay raise bill moves to House floor
CHARLESTON — The House Finance Committee swiftly passed a standalone pay raise bill that includes teachers and school service personnel. Educators, who were still on strike over a separate […]
Education strike to continue Wednesday
CHARLESTON — Hours after the West Virginia House of Delegates moved to indefinitely postpone action on the education omnibus bill, union leaders announced their strike will continue to […]
Educators in Monongalia and Marion more certain in opposition to Senate bill
MORGANTOWN — The indefinite tabling of the omnibus education bill, S.B. 451, marks a potentially swift conclusion to the second consecutive teacher strike in as many years in […]
House votes to table omnibus education bill indefinitely
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates approved a motion that postponed an omnibus education bill indefinitely, essentially killing the bill. The motion to table the bill passed 53 to […]
Amid striking teachers, Justice again says he would veto Senate’s education bill
CHARLESTON — As teachers cheered behind him, Gov. Jim Justice said he would veto an omnibus education bill that has prompted a strike if it reaches his […]
Preston school levy election cost less than $50,000 to put on
KINGWOOD — The Feb. 2 school levy election cost the Preston County Board of Education $48,720.15. Expenses for the election were paid by the school board because […]