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By Mackenzie Mays, Staff writer
In 2012, at least 1,850 teachers retired in West Virginia —about 230 more than the state saw in 2008, according to the state Consolidated Public Retirement Board.
Those numbers don’t include members of the Teachers Defined Contribution Retirement System, which has a smaller membership than the state’s Teachers Retirement System and was closed to new members in 2005.
Last year, in Kanawha County — the state’s largest school district...
By Samuel Speciale
Charleston Daily Mail Staff
Despite flashing lights and stop signs warning drivers to keep a distance, about 500 motorists illegally pass school buses each day in West Virginia, a survey conducted by the state Department of Education has found.
While that number seems high to Jimmy Lacy, transportation safety director for Kanawha County, he said illegal passing happens every day.
“I don’t know if people are in a hurry or they’re distracted,” he...
By Phil Kabler
The Charleston Gazette
With the state’s economy growing at a slower rate than hoped, revenue collections for the first month of the new budget year came in about $17.4 million below projections, Department of Revenue officials said Monday.
Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow said the state’s economy needs to grow by about 4 percent in 2014-15 in order to balance the state budget, and the July figures instead showed sluggish growth, with the two biggest...
By Chelsi Baker
Times West Virginian
FAIRMONT — The West Virginia Board of Education will start holding schools accountable for their performance in a more concrete way starting in the fall of 2015.
The state will implement an A-F letter grading system for all public schools, which will offer clear and concise information on schools’ overall performances from year to year in a way that parents, educators and students can easily understand, the state BOE reports.
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By Jennifer Smith
WV MetroNews
HARMAN, W.Va. – Teachers, parents and community leaders fear Harman School in Randolph County may not reopen to all students pre-K through 12. Delegate Denise Campbell, (D) Randolph County, said she’s heard rumblings that when the school reopens after repairs, not everyone will be going back.
“I think that there is a fear that maybe not all the students will be able to return, that it might be just the elementary level,” according to...