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W.Va. receives $3 million School Improvement Grant
By Mackenzie Mays
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia is among six states to receive School Improvement Grants from the U.S. Department of Education.
The state will receive $3,177,082, which will be distributed to its lowest-performing schools.
Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Nebraska, Virginia and the District of Columbia also will receive funding.
School Improvement Grants are...
By Lacie Pierson
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- Cabell County students spend much of their formative years studying the linguistic styles of such figures starting with the likes of Dr. Seuss and Raffi all the way through to Shakespeare and U.S. presidents.
However, there's one prominent figure within the borders of Cabell County who seems to have captured the attention of students, as well as their parents and teachers, throughout the county with one simple phrase....
By WTRF.com
OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. - Ohio County Schools will conduct hearings in the coming weeks, looking for input from community members on the school system's academic calendar.
These are a pair of public hearings regarding the 2014-2015 academic year.
Ohio County Schools superintendent, Dianna Vargo said the hearings will give community members a chance to be more actively involved in planning the calendar and give them the chance to get their questions answered.
...By Shay Maunz and Marcus Constantino
Charleston Daily Mail Staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three schools in Charleston closed early Thursday after chemical odors were detected in the schools' tap water.
Overbrook Elementary in South Hills closed at noon. West Side schools Watts Elementary and J.E. Robins Elementary dismissed at 11:30 a.m. 10 a.m., respectively.
Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Ron Duerring said the schools were closed because of a licorice-like...
By Michael Erb
Parkersburg News and Sentinel
PARKERSBURG - Residents, students and parents wanting to comment on the Wood County Schools calendar process have a few more days to take an online survey.
The survey will be active through Sunday and takes only a few minutes to complete.
A change in state law will change how school systems create calendars. Under the new law all school systems are required to provide 180 days of instruction, must have a plan in place to...