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By Mackenzie Mays
The Charleston Gazette
The man expected to be West Virginia’s next schools superintendent says his primary focus will not only be graduating more students but closing the achievement gap shown by poor and minority students.
In West Virginia, more than half of all students live at or below the poverty line, while the 10 percent of students who are minorities score lower on tests than their classmates.
In Southern Maryland’s St. Mary’s County, the...
By Roger Adkins
The Exponent Telegram
CLARKSBURG — The Harrison County Board of Education wants traditional mathematics courses to count toward graduation in Harrison County.
The issue was discussed during a 4 p.m. board meeting Wednesday at Harrison County Schools’ central offices on E.B. Saunders Way.
Barring any developments, it was the final meeting for the board in its current form, as well as for Superintendent Susan Collins. Three new members will join the...
By Mackenzie Mays
The Charleston Gazette
The West Virginia Board of Education expects to elect Michael Martirano, who oversees a public school district in Maryland, as the next state superintendent of schools.
Martirano, who has served as superintendent for St. Mary’s County Public Schools in southern Maryland for nearly a decade, will be nominated for the West Virginia job on July 1, and is expected to be elected that day, according to a press release from the state...
By Jessica Farrish
Register-Herald Reporter
An agreement signed Tuesday between New River Community and Technical College and the West Virginia Department of Education is expected to be a first step in making the transition from high school to college more seamless, officials said Tuesday.
The “memorandum of understanding” signed by New River President Dr. L. Marshall Washington and Dr. Kathy D’Antoni, WVDE associate superintendent, at the Advance Technology Center in...
By Mackenzie Mays
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After more than eight hours in private session interviewing three top finalists on Tuesday, the state Board of Education voted to extend its deadline for hiring a new state superintendent of schools.
The board announced that it will not meet its original July 1 deadline — which is when Superintendent Jim Phares will officially retire — and voted to hire Deputy Superintendent Chuck Heinlein to serve in the...