Teachers, administrators and students at Madison Elementary School started the school year on a high note, with the celebration of the school’s certification as a Leader in Me Lighthouse School by FranklinCovey Education. Such an achievement requires meeting a long list of standards set by ...
* Yet another fun, fast (for some) and unforgettable News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile Race day has come and gone. Hundreds of participants chose to run their race — whether that meant cruising to a one hour, seven minutes and nine seconds half marathon finish or meeting a goal of ...
It’s the start of a new school year; let the spreading of germs begin! If you are a parent or guardian who is not exactly enthusiastic about that prospect, it’s important to make sure your child is up to date on routine vaccines — and to consider a few others. According to a report by ...
West Virginia officials are developing a reputation for knowing — for a year or more — that a deadline is coming and sitting on their hands until it is time to act stunned there might be consequences for inaction. This time around, our state’s child care facilities are anxiously awaiting ...
Slow progress is still progress, and data from the 2023-24 Statewide Summative Assessment shows West Virginians have reason to be encouraged. Slowly but surely, student performance is returning to near pre-COVID-19 levels. West Virginia Department of Education officials said last week that ...
King Bureaucracy likes to play by its own rules. We all know that in West Virginia. But a recently filed lawsuit suggests it might also be ignoring a nearly decade-old law — to the detriment of Mountain State youth. Back in 2015, Senate Bill 393 was introduced on behalf of Gov. Earl Ray ...