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Herbert Hoover principal promises school will start on time ... somewhere
By Matt Maccarom, WV MetroNews
FALLING ROCK, W.Va. — Herbert Hoover High School’s principal says the school’s building is damaged badly but its community will grow stronger in the wake of last week’s flooding in eastern Kanawha County.
Mike Kelly promised that even though it may not be possible to start school on time at Herbert Hoover, students, teachers and staff will be together...
Boone school board rejects state-mandated cuts
By Ryan Quinn, The Charleston Gazette-Mail
FOSTER, W.Va. – The Boone County school board voted 5-0 Thursday afternoon to reject directives from state Schools Superintendent Michael Martirano to make severe cuts to employee benefits.
The move received cheers from an audience of about 90 people in the Boone County Schools operations complex in Foster.
These directives, which officials said were sent to...
Boone school board meets Thursday; may consider new cuts
By Ryan Quinn, The Charleston Gazette-Mail
Boone County’s school board has called a special meeting for noon Thursday -- the last day of this fiscal year -- and may vote on state-directed cuts to its 2016-17 fiscal year budget, which the board already passed and takes effect Friday.
The state Department of Education has declined to comment on the issue until after the meeting. Boone schools...
National education leaders giving money for supplies at flooded schools
By Shauna Johnson, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — First comes cleaning, then comes repairs and resupplying at the more than two dozen West Virginia schools damaged, in some form, in the June 23rd flood.
Dale Lee, president of the West Virginia Education Association, is pledging his organization’s support for the affected teachers and students with about six weeks remaining before...
School damage reports changing rapidly; start times may be pushed back
By WV MetroNews Staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State school leaders are taking post-flood procedures day by day and assessment by assessment.
Damage has been reported in schools in 25 of the state’s 55 counties.
“I’m hopeful, but in some cases we’re very concerned about the severe damage,” said West Virginia Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano.
Tuesday morning he was...