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By Mackenzie Mays
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Amid a push for more transparency in West Virginia's teacher hiring process, state Superintendent of Schools Jim Phares is denying accusations he played a part in his son's recent hiring as a teacher.
Last year, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's education reform bill -- which also de-emphasized seniority in the hiring process -- gave teachers the ability to weigh in on hiring decisions at their school alongside principals. But if a school's faculty...
By Tricia Lynn Strader -, journal-news.net
BERKELEY SPRINGS - A Jefferson County circuit court judge has dismissed a challenge to a special school levy election set for May 13 in Morgan County.
In January, attorney Michael L. Scales filed a lawsuit on behalf of residents Dorothea Jeannie Ford, Frieda Ickes and Kent "Brooks" McCumbee. The complaint said according West Virginia Code 18-9-1, the school board can only present a previously defeated levy vote again at a general...
By Jessica Farrish Register-Herald Reporter
Two Woodrow Wilson High School teachers addressed the Raleigh County Board of Education Tuesday evening on the anticipated change from block to period scheduling.
Woodrow Faculty Chair Vicki Moss asked that teachers be notified of any upcoming changes and that they be allowed an academic year to make a smooth transition.
“Until this morning, we were all under the impression that all of the Raleigh County high schools would...
By Joselyn King
The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register
WHEELING - People told Ohio County Board of Education members Monday night they "want their summers back," and they strongly oppose a year-round school calendar.
More than 200 concerned citizens turned out for a town hall meeting at Wheeling Park High School to discuss the school district's 2014 calendar, and most indicated they vehemently oppose sending children to school during warm weather months. School...
By Mackenzie Mays
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- More than 840 people have signed an online petition to get Kanawha County Schools to supply bottled water for students through the end of the school year.
But state officials can't say how long they'll be able to continue supplying packaged water to students.
The petition, created on the website MoveOn.org in response to last month's chemical leak, asks the state's largest school district to supply water...