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US study: WV should redirect some prison funding to schools
David Gutman, WV Gazette-Mail
Over nearly 35 years, West Virginia’s spending on jails and prisons has increased more than five times faster than its spending on K-12 public education, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Education.
While every state’s corrections spending grew at a much faster rate from 1980 to 2013 than did its education spending, the disparity in West Virginia...
Boone County School Board rejects WVDE directive again
By MetroNews Staff
In a special emergency session Thursday afternoon, the Boone County School Board once again voted unanimously to reject an order from the state Dept. of Education to cut its budget for the coming school year.
State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michael Martirano had ordered the system to make employee pay and benefit cuts, but excluded about 35 layoffs that were recommended last...
State flood report: 3 schools won’t open this fall
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
Monday afternoon’s flood recovery report from the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management said three schools would not be opening in the fall because of flood damage.
The report lists Herbert Hoover High School and Clendenin Elementary School in Kanawha County and H.E. White Elementary in Clay County.
Herbert Hoover Principal Mike Kelly told...
Martirano sends letter issuing ultimatum to Boone County School Board
By Matt Maccaro, WV MetroNews
State School Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano responded to the Boone County School Board Friday offering the board a chance to submit a realistic budget for Fiscal Year 2017, or else face potential repercussions.
Boone County Schools and the WV Dept. of Education are at odds over the budget after the board unanimously rejected a directive Thursday from...
Boone County School Board, WVDE at odds over budget for FY ’17
By Matt Maccaro, WV MetroNews
The Boone County School Board rejected a directive from the state Department of Education Thursday to make several budget cuts for Fiscal Year 2017.
The proposal included about 35 layoffs, as well as pay and benefit cuts that the WVDE said would make the struggling school system’s budget more realistic for the new fiscal year, which begins Friday.
Executive...