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By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
June 25, 2020
Students who still have not qualified for the $4,750-per-year Promise Scholarship for the upcoming academic year will be able to take the ACT at many West Virginia colleges through the end of September.
The state Higher Education Policy Commission, which oversees the scholarship for both four- and two-year in-state colleges, announced the move Wednesday. Spokesperson Jessica Tice said the College...
By Shauna Johnson, WV MetroNews
June 22, 2020
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The eight people who make up the new state Department of Education Office of Student Support and Well-being will begin working together on site for the first time on Monday.
Clayton Burch, state superintendent of schools, announced the formation of the office soon after he was permanently hired for the position to bring together existing programs focused of the overall...
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
June 11, 2020
Students are unlikely to be in classrooms five days a week when school resumes in the fall under scenarios under consideration by state education leaders.
Lunch is likely to take place in classrooms, rather than the cafeteria. And bus rides may require masks, windows down or spacing between students.
State schools Superintendent Clayton Burch said developing recommendations likely mean, “Children will...
May 29, 2020
As school districts consider how and when to get students back to classrooms, they are facing a financial riddle with enormous implications: Every back-to-school plan involves new spending at a time when states and districts are bracing for significant cuts.
The needs are enormous. Students who fell behind this spring during the coronavirus lockdown...
