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By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
May 6, 2020
Over 230,000 West Virginia students, including all public school children in Kanawha, Cabell and 41 other counties, will each get about $313 in federal money for groceries, the state announced Monday.
“It’s unbelievable, that’s all there is to it,” Gov. Jim Justice said in praising the relief.
State schools Superintendent Clayton Burch said, “It’s going to pump about $72 million into West...
April 30, 2020
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia students who will be seniors during the 2020-21 school year now have the opportunity to get their SAT scores in time to be submitted for college admissions and to qualify for the state’s Promise Scholarship.
The West Virginia Department of Education says it worked with the College Board to establish a free SAT School Day. The exam is available for seniors who would have taken the state-provided SAT School Day in...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A task force has been put together to ensure that West Virginia’s class of 2020 gets a proper send-off from high school, when the time is right.
On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Justice said in-person school is out for the summer. Virtual classes will continue through the end of the year.
The last day of school will be determined by individual counties.
Justice and State Superintendent Clayton Burch said the governor’s office and the state Department of...
By Brad McElhinny, Wv MetroNews
April 21, 2020
A majority of West Virginia’s Supreme Court has upheld the right to work law that has been argued in the court system for years after it first passed the state’s Republican majority Legislature.
The act said people may choose to be employed in unionized workplaces without actually joining the union or paying regular union dues. Unions contended that represented a “taking” of representation without fair compensation.
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By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
April 21, 2020
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice hinted Monday there will soon be an announcement about what will happen with the schools in the state after April 30.
That’s currently the last day of Justice’s previous closure order. He said he met with state School Superintendent Clayton Burch Monday to discuss the next step.
“Clayton is on top of this in every way. I think you’ll be hearing from...