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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...
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph
(Editorial)
Senate Majority Leader John Unger is carrying a bill that would require students to be physically active for at least 30 minutes each school day amid classes. A few of the well-intended ideas proposed in the measure include walking, jumping rope, playing soccer and taking the stairs. The goal is to simply ensure that students are physically active each day in school.
The proposal makes a lot of sense, and merits full discussion...
By Mackenzie Mays and Rachel Molenda
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As parents picked up their children from Midland Trail Elementary School and Riverside High School on Wednesday morning, they wondered -- some angrily -- why school officials would flush the school's water pipes while students are in the building.
"Flushing it while our students are coming to school or are at school is a lack of concern for their safety," said Amanda Legg, whose daughter,...