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State superintendent of schools hires chief of staff
By Samuel Speciale, Education reporter
West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Michael Martirano has hired a chief of staff who will oversee the day-to-day operations of his office.
While the state Department of Education has not yet made an announcement, the hiring of Jill Newman, a retired U.S. Army official from Scott Depot, is listed on the state Board of Education’s February meeting...
State Dept. of Education wants less standardized testing
By Ryan Quinn, The Charleston Gazette
The West Virginia Department of Education wants the state school board to, at least temporarily, reduce statewide standardized testing and allow math classes to be taught in the order they were before the movement to Common Core-based standards.
At Thursday’s board meeting, the department plans to recommend allowing schools to eliminate social studies...
Marple’s lawsuit against state board moves forward
By Kate White, The Charleston Gazette
A judge Monday denied a request by an attorney for the West Virginia Board of Education to allow the Supreme Court to decide whether former state schools superintendent Jorea Marple was an at-will employee.
Victor Flanagan, the school board’s lawyer, said immediately letting the high court decide whether Marple served at the will and pleasure of the state would save...
Charter school discussion to continue Tuesday in Senate education committee
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Dave Sypolt is the first to admit he doesn’t know how a charter school operates but what he does know is that it’s hard to argue with a concept that begins with community and parental involvement.
Sypolt (R-Preston) said he plans to have the charter school bill on his committee’s...
Capital High principal retires
By Ryan Quinn, Staff writer, Charleston Gazette
Capital High School Principal Clinton Giles has retired, after being charged last week with failing to immediately report an alleged sexual assault at his school
Giles -- who led Capital, Kanawha County’s largest school in the 2013-14 school year, for 13 years -- had been suspended without pay, pending the outcome of the misdemeanor charge against him concerning his handling of...