Search Block
New LEED school planned for Beckley
By Stuart Hammer
WOAY-TV
BECKLEY – A Raleigh County school is moving towards a new future, and that future is green.
Stratton Elementary in Beckley could be torn down in the next several years to make way for a brand new energy-efficient building.
Officials from the West Virginia School Building Authority announced their vision for a new facility that will rely on bonds. Part of the construction plans will include energy...
By Lauren Talotta
WBOY-TV
A little more than a week after the Harrison County Board of Education voted 4-1 not to extend Superintendent Susan Collins' contract, members voted on Wednesday to issue a contract to her replacement: Mark Manchin.
The board voted three-to-one after meeting in executive session to offer Manchin the job and offered him a three-year contract that will take effect July 1, 2014.
"Change is always difficult," Manchin said. "All I ask is give...
By Jenni Vincent
Journal Staff Writer
MARTINSBURG - Slowly but surely is the way Penny Price describes how her body is changing since she first began taking advantage of a weight management program offered at The Wellness Center - a cooperative effort that's done in conjunction with the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency.
After a few months, Price has lost about 20 pounds and also sees a difference in how she feels.
While exercise is an important part...
By Beth Christian Broschart, Staff Writer
The Inter-Mountain
PARSONS - The Tucker County Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eddie Campbell have several major goals for 2014, including trying to pass a successful excess levy, officials said this week.
Meetings have been held across the county to gather parent, student, teacher and resident input for the push to pass a levy, Campbell said.
"We hope to build an increase in college and career...
By Mackenzie Mays
The Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise and state education officials met Tuesday to discuss the future of the Promise scholarship, which has gradually been hit with budget cuts since it was introduced more than a decade ago.
The Promise -- a state-funded merit-based scholarship which helps pay four-year tuition for students attending West Virginia colleges -- once meant a free ride for recipients. Now, the...