Amendment 2 is going to generate lots of math homework — anywhere from $17 million to $18 million a year, in fact — for the Monongalia County […]
Tag: Monongalia County Schools
Class is in session
Yesterday, students stepped off the bus for the first time this year — some of them for the first time ever. They made the first of hundreds […]
Mon readies for first day of school
Those Bluebird buses are back on the road this morning in Monongalia County. Today is the first day of school in Mon, with 11,470 students, according to […]
Super visit: Franco Harris scheduled to meet with Mon school cooks
On his way to becoming an NFL legend, former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris used to carry the ball for the Penn State Nittany Lions. Which […]
Mon Schools fare better than most in reading, math and science scores
COVID doesn’t grade on a curve. West Virginia State Board of Education President Paul Hardesty found that out Wednesday in Charleston, as he and his board colleagues […]
Mon district, BOE terminates teacher’s employment
A University High School teacher has been fired by the district. The decision to terminate Travis Wells, who taught science at the school on Bakers Ridge Road, […]
Dig in: Mon Schools ready to serve up breakfast and lunch to hungry students
There have been more than a few times over these past several months that Brian Kiehl didn’t know where his next meal was coming from. From the […]
A tale of two rankings: Mon Schools officials want to delve into the numbers from two recent quality of life surveys for the classroom
Mountaineers, by literal definition, have to keep climbing. Metaphorically, however, planting the flag in triumph at the peak can sometimes be akin to setting off an avalanche […]
Mon Schools hosting backpack giveaways, meet-and-greets with outreach coordinators ahead of the first day of school
The way to a student’s heart is through his backpack. The way to his heart is knowing someone in the school system cares, really cares, about him […]
Truancy in Mon schools: Officials want to engage rather than punish
It wasn’t that long ago when students in Monongalia County’s school district were simply trying to get by in the midst of the pandemic. With COVID-19 turning […]
