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By Jenni Vincent, Journal Staff Writer
The Journal
INWOOD - There was plenty of hard work - not to mention practice sessions - before Berkeley County students were selected to participate in this year's Math Field Day, so much so that teachers proudly consider this an academic event.
Perhaps no one knows that better than Anne Latskey, Berkeley County Schools math coordinator, who, along with other local educators, was busy Tuesday working with intermediate students (...
By Shauna Johnson
MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – As state agencies face another round of budget cuts during the 2015 Fiscal Year, a resolution has been introduced in the Senate in defense of funding for higher education.
The proposed resolution, as written, recognizes that “any additional cuts to the funding for higher education institutions would be detrimental to the growth and the financial well-being of West Virginia.”
It continued, “Budgetary cuts to higher...
By Kristi Murphy
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- Cabell County school officials are in the process of developing the district's 2014-2015 school calendar that will include 10 days at the end of the school year that can be used if the district cancels more than seven days of school next year.
Assistant superintendent Dr. Jeff Smith gave a presentation at Tuesday evening's regular board meeting that highlighted the new regulations from the West Virginia Department of...
By WDTV
A former member of the Harrison County Board of Education is returning to serve again.
Chuck Reider will fill the remaining five months of Mike Queen's term. Queen resigned last month in order to run for State Senate. Reider previously served a four-year term on the board. He chose not to run for the board in the upcoming June election, but hopes his experience in personnel and budget matters will make a difference in the next five months. He will be sworn in at the...
By Phil Kabler
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In January, for the first time in the 2013-14 budget year, state tax collections came in ahead of estimates, state officials said Monday.
Collections of $391.71 million were $8.42 million ahead of projections for the month, Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow said.
Most of that upturn was the result of timing, with $15 million of taxes due Dec. 31 being posted as January revenue, he said.
Total...