Is House Bill 99 a harbinger of things to come in America’s classrooms? Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is reportedly poised to sign the above legislation into law, […]
Education
MHS, UHS and Clay-Battelle to be outfitted with weapons detectors for the new school year
Students at Monongalia County’s three public high schools will have to walk through weapon detectors on their way to class this fall — but it won’t be […]
Pierpont professor receives international award for interior design
FAIRMONT — Pierpont Community & Technical College assistant professor Rachel Beach, recently received an international award and recognition for her work in interior design. Beach, the program […]
Preston BOE gets bad news about charter school enrollment, funding
KINGWOOD — It looks like Preston County Schools is going to lose $272,000 in state aid because of charter school enrollment. “I think this is huge. None […]
Mon Schools expected to lose $1.9 million in funding as students enroll in charters
Don’t let those dollar signs with all those zeros attached fool you, Eddie Campbell Jr. said. Campbell is superintendent of Monongalia County Schools, and his district just […]
234 PHS grads say goodbye, move forward
KINGWOOD — Graduation is traditionally a way for students to say good-bye to adolescence, friends, faculty and a high school that has been a home-away-from-home for four […]
Classroom libraries must be inventoried because of new law
KINGWOOD — Senate Bill 704, passed in the most-recent legislative session, requires schools to publish a syllabus so parents know exactly what is being taught. Its implementation […]
Police patrols stepped up at Mon’s schools in wake of Texas shootings
It’s doing what the district does anyway, Monongalia Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday — just more of it. He was referring to this week’s stepped-up […]
Capito talks with West Virginia reporters about Texas school shooting
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito met virtually with West Virginia reporters Thursday and most of the questions and answers dealt with the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. […]
‘You’re not too busy — trust me’
Most of the time it sounded like Greg Dausch was reading resumes — instead of graduation names. That’s because he was, in effect. Dausch is director of […]
