MORGANTOWN – The state Senate’s Campus Self Defense Act is up for passage in the House of Delegates on Tuesday, and on Monday the majority party voted […]
Education
Three House bills address teacher shortage, creating pathways for veterans and aides, and for high schoolers eyeing a degree
MORGANTOWN – Teacher shortages continue to be a problem for much of the Mountain State, leading lawmakers to get creative in staffing its classrooms. The House Education […]
Mon Schools still dealing with bomb cyclone aftermath
For Monongalia County Schools, it’s the (unwanted) gift that keeps on giving. The unprecedented “bomb cyclone” over the holidays, that is. More than half of the buildings […]
North Elementary principal, vice principal placed on leave ‘due to incident,’ district says
North Elementary School’s principal and vice principal have been placed on leaves of absence “due to an incident that remains under investigation,” Mon Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell […]
Campbell: Hope scholarship amendment won’t affect Mon Schools
The first reading of Policy 2371 proceeded without fanfare during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education. That’s because it was a formality. Policy […]
New bill would open up Hope Scholarships to non-public students
All non-public students in West Virginia schools would be eligible for the Hope Scholarship under a bill advanced by the House Education Committee. West Virginia’s law is […]
House Judiciary approves campus carry bill, sends it to full House
MORGANTOWN – The campus carry bill is on its way to the House floor and expected to pass there after clearing House Judiciary in a voice vote […]
Mon Schools to partner with Pierpont on dual-degree offering
Traditionally, more than half of Monongalia County’s high school seniors go on to college after graduation. In a place on the map where a low college-going rate […]
House public hearing on campus carry bill draws 38 opponents, 2 supporters
MORGANTOWN — The House Judiciary Committee’s Wednesday morning public hearing on the campus carry bill drew 40 people; 38 of whom opposed it. Most of the opponents […]
Morgantown high schoolers named finalists in MIT tech competition
The collapse of a fully occupied condominium in Florida two years ago. The major earthquake that shook parts of Syria and Turkey two weeks ago. No matter […]
