Before he became a program director with the West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, Canyon Lohnas taught kindergarten and first grade back home in Maryland. Which is why last week he posed a question, paused for the slightest of seconds, laughed — and then answered it ...
The Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place was campaign headquarters this week in an ongoing war on intellect that was mainly started by COVID-19. Said war is for the benefit of young minds in classrooms. Young minds trying to get locked back onto reading and math, ...
BY CARRIE HODOUSEK CHARLESTON — State Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Rob Cunningham says West Virginia’s public schools will be much safer when students and staff return next month thanks to Gov. Jim Justice’s School Safety Initiative. Part of the plan, launched in October 2022, includes the hiring of seven school safety officers to be placed in regions across the state. Cunningham said the 2023-24 school year will be the first full year the officers will be making themselves known in schools. “Our safety officers are making sure everyone knows what to do and so ...
A new principal could be in place at North Elementary School following the July 25 meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education. “I’m prepared to make a recommendation,” District Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said Monday. With interviews complete, Campbell said he ...
Strawberry feet, forever. Now’s the time to start thinking about lacing up your athletic shoes and recalibrating the stopwatch setting on your phone. That’s because the Mohigans Strawberry 5K Run and Walk is lapping back around next month. The event annually raises money for ...
When morning bell rings for the first day of school next month in Monongalia County, one familiar face at North Elementary won’t be there. Following a months-long investigation over allegations of aggressive disciplining of special-needs students by staff there, the county Board of Education last week voted unanimously to terminate the contract of Natalie Webb — the principal who led the nationally known school for the past 12 years. Which leaves the practical matter of a vacancy in the principal’s office. The posting for the job closes July 20, Mon Schools Superintendent ...
