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By Lacie Pierson
The Herald-Dispatch
WAYNE -- Wayne County Schools Superintendent Lynn Hurt announced her retirement from the school system Tuesday evening at the Wayne County Board of Education meeting.
"It's just time," Hurt said to a meeting room full of citizens, who gave her a standing ovation at the end of her announcement. She'll leave the system at the end of the fiscal year on June 30.
Hurt said she still will be completely dedicated to ensuring the...
By Jenni Vincent, Journal Staff Writer
The Journal
INWOOD - There was plenty of hard work - not to mention practice sessions - before Berkeley County students were selected to participate in this year's Math Field Day, so much so that teachers proudly consider this an academic event.
Perhaps no one knows that better than Anne Latskey, Berkeley County Schools math coordinator, who, along with other local educators, was busy Tuesday working with intermediate students (...
By Shauna Johnson
MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – As state agencies face another round of budget cuts during the 2015 Fiscal Year, a resolution has been introduced in the Senate in defense of funding for higher education.
The proposed resolution, as written, recognizes that “any additional cuts to the funding for higher education institutions would be detrimental to the growth and the financial well-being of West Virginia.”
It continued, “Budgetary cuts to higher...
By Phil Kabler
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In January, for the first time in the 2013-14 budget year, state tax collections came in ahead of estimates, state officials said Monday.
Collections of $391.71 million were $8.42 million ahead of projections for the month, Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow said.
Most of that upturn was the result of timing, with $15 million of taxes due Dec. 31 being posted as January revenue, he said.
Total...
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON — Food costs have been eating the Department of Education’s lunch for years because almost all of the food purchased for schools comes from out of state.
The Commissioner of Agriculture wants to change that, and he thinks he can.
Walt Helmick told the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development that West Virginia grows $663 million in farm products, but consumes upwards of $7 billion. The biggest customer is the school system at...