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Built by students: WVSDT opens new CTE facility at Pruntytown

GRAFTON — After four years of construction, nearly 27,000 hours of work and approximately 17,000 concrete blocks laid, a new Career and Technical Education (CTE) facility at Pruntytown Correctional Center is now open, providing expanded opportunities for students to gain hands-on skills and ...

Aurora School evacuated for gas odor

KINGWOOD – An early morning alert about concerns related to a gas odor in the Aurora School kitchen resulted in a decision to dismiss students at 10 a.m. Thursday. School staff contacted the Preston County Emergency Management Office, and students and staff were relocated to the Aurora ...

Eastwood Elementary teacher shares STEM lessons in Kenya

MORGANTOWN – Allison Patrick, a third-grade teacher at Eastwood Elementary School, recently traveled to Kenya as part of the West Virginia University Extension Service's Adult Learner Study Abroad program, where she worked directly with students and educators while exploring global ...

Fellowsville school property focus of BOE meeting

KINGWOOD – The Preston County Board of Education moved this week's meeting from Kingwood to the Bruceton School library. Superintendent of Schools Bradley Martin said he has received a written update from the board's legal counsel Kayla Cook related to efforts to liquidate the Fellowsville ...

FAIRMONT – Fostering literacy and critical thinking isn’t a 9-to-5 job. That’s why Tygart Valley United Way is signing on with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Parton, the Nashville entertainer, activist and entrepreneur who died last month, founded the program in 1995. The ...