Board of ed discusses improvement projects

May 9, 2023

BY JENNIFER GRAHAM KINGWOOD — The Preston County Board of Education met Monday in regular session with one board member, Jeff Zigrey not present. The secure front entryway and exterior door projects scheduled at Preston High School this summer have been combined for bidding purposes to elicit a greater number of bids for the project, according to Superintendent Bradley Martin’s report. Three vendors have submitted bids for the project, with Veritis being the successful bidder. R.M. Hunter has been contacted to provide quoting for bleacher replacement for the PHS gym. ...

Supreme Court to consider charter system

May 9, 2023

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Supreme Court justices will consider whether the state’s system of approving charter schools is constitutional. Justices will hear oral arguments at 10 a.m. today. Charter schools receive financial support from the state’s public education system and would be given greater operational latitude in exchange for the possibility of losing their right to operate if they fail. Because they receive public funding, they are considered public schools. The legal battle is not about whether West Virginia can have charter schools, but instead whether they ...

It all adds up, UHS math instructor — and Mon’s Teacher of the Year for 2024 — says

May 2, 2023

Math, math and more math. Even if you thought you had finally said goodbye to it, after your schooling years were done. Remember trying to help your kid with his numbers homework during the pandemic? On that note, just how much interest are you paying on that credit card? And that ...

Mon teacher in Washington felt ‘listened to’ at awards ceremony

April 27, 2023

It was just one seat in the Rose Garden, but the way Amber Nichols saw it, she had the whole expanse filled, metaphorically. “That seat was for every West Virginia kid,” the state’s 2023 Teacher of the Year said. “I carried every single one with me.” Nichols, who teaches ...

STEAM-TAC road trip: WVU-based state learning initiative puts in lots of miles for the cause during its first year

April 24, 2023

From Elephant Toothpaste — to nearly 19,000 miles on the odometer. That’s how it’s going these days at WVU for an intellectual road-trip exercise designed to bring fun, hands-on lesson plans to middle school students across the Mountain State. It’s known collectively as the ...

Last day of classes, other key dates set for Mon Schools

April 19, 2023

If December went out like an angry snowman for Monongalia County Schools, then May’s conclusion is going to hit it just like Santa on a Jet Ski. District Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. announced this week that the last day of school for the county will be Wednesday, May 31 — given ...