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Tag: Mon Schools
Mountain State scores in reading and math are getting better, national study shows
Call it a post-COVID push of the good kind. West Virginia’s fourth- and eighth-graders in 2024 continued to inch steady improvements in reading and math scores, despite […]
Mon Schools’ director of federal funding: ‘We’re just gonna have to wait — and see what happens’
Joyce Walker Bennett wanted to do something special when she retired in 2021 from Monongalia County Schools. Bennett spent 25 years as a social worker with the […]
Mon Schools on winter makeup days: ‘We still have plenty of options’
The homework assignment for Monongalia County students on Tuesday, Jan. 21 was just as easy as it was serious. Said assignment? Do whatever you want. Just so […]
Mon Schools releases its report on electric bus plan
More than 32,000 miles in 18 counties, with nary a hitch. The above means the BEAST didn’t do bad at all on West Virginia’s challenging two-lanes last […]
Aug. 23 first day of school in Mon
BY MIKE NOLTING Preparations are full go for the Monongalia County school year. Classes begin for most students on Aug. 23. “If you’re not sure what school […]
COVID continues in Mon Schools, even as elementary students are set to receive the vaccine
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s youngest students begin rolling up their sleeves Nov. 17 for the COVID vaccine. Mountainview Elementary School is first in line for the county’s […]
Say “yes” to supporting our schools
On Saturday, there is a special election to decide to renew the Monongalia County Schools excess levy for another five years. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and […]
Sept. 19 letters to the editor
Protestors shouldn’t get front-page photos It has happened again! I opened the paper Saturday, Sept. 4, to find a photo of mothers in Preston County protesting the […]
It’s only right for all kids to get free meals
As horrible and horrifying as this pandemic has been, there have been a few silver linings. One of them is that Monongalia County Schools, for the first […]
