MORGANTOWN – An Ohio County delegate made an unsuccessful attempt to kill a Senate anti-CRT bill on Thursday. Also on Thursday, a House resolution that would allow […]
Education
Students adjusting to life without masks
Call it, preventive expression, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday. The Monongalia schools superintendent was talking about what the future deployment of facial coverings might be in hallways […]
UHS Symphonic Winds ensemble to perform in Charleston
If you had closed your eyes while listening, you may have thought you were in a movie theater. That’s because the music coming out of the University […]
Senate passes bill to merge Pierpont College into Fairmont State University; a look at other Crossover Day action
MORGANTOWN – Here is a look at other bills passed on Day 50 of the 2022 legislative session – Crossover Day. Pierpont bill SB 653 carries the […]
Senate approves anti-CRT bill and bill to prohibit abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate on Wednesday approved bills dealing with Critical Race Theory in schools and abortions of unborn children with Down syndrome. Wednesday was Crossover […]
Mon students face school with a mask-optional policy today
So, how’d it go in your house this morning? Did your kid burst out the door, jumping at the chance for a truly new school day? Maybe […]
P-EBT benefits approved for school year 2021-22
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced there will be a third round of the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) benefits allocated to eligible students who […]
Masks no longer mandated in Preston County Schools
KINGWOOD — Preston County Schools changed t’s COVID-19 protocols Monday, effectively removing its mask mandate. The Board of Education unanimously voted to follow the most recent West […]
Words, and deeds, in Jenny Secreto’s English honors class at Morgantown High
Think back, for a minute. Were you a weird kid in high school? Not weird-weird. Just shy and awkward, we mean. What’s the one class you had, […]
SBA to consider funding options as inflation impacts school construction project awards
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — Members of the state School Building Authority are looking at ways to generate more funds to pay for school construction projects as […]