by Kate Evans Morgan County school bus driver Stephen McDoniel was chosen as the Service Personnel of the Year at the April 1 school board meeting. McDoniel said that it’s his second full year as a Morgan County Schools bus driver. He started as a substitute driver. McDoniel retired from[Read More…]
School News
Berkeley Springs High School captures second place in the State Chess Championship
The 55th Annual WV Scholastic Chess Championship took place on March 15 in Charleston, on the campus of West Virginia State University. Berkeley Springs High School fielded nine players, divided into two teams: BSHS A Elizabeth Kessel Malcolm L Johns Joseph Guzman-Robles Brody Gloyd Rylee David Sauter BSHS B William[Read More…]
Widmyer teacher Kimberly Pindell is Morgan County Teacher of the Year
by Kate Evans Widmyer Elementary second grade teacher Kimberly Pindell was chosen as the Morgan County Teacher of the Year at the April 1 Morgan County School Board meeting. Pindell said she’s been teaching for seven years, six of those in Morgan County. Immediately after college, she began teaching in[Read More…]
Intermediate school shares growth, needs at strategic plan update
by Kate Evans Warm Springs Intermediate School Principal Rebecca Huber told the Morgan County school board at their March 4 meeting about the accomplishments that the staff and students had achieved this year during the school’s strategic plan update. Student academic accomplishments include Math Field Day winners, Regional science fair[Read More…]
School board approves proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 levy rates
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved the same proposed regular school levy and special levy rates for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 that they approved for the last 11 fiscal years. Their action took place at a March 18 special meeting that followed their regular March 18 school board[Read More…]
Youth art fills Ice House in annual multi-faceted exhibit
by Lisa Schauer March is Youth Art Month at the MAC Icehouse in Berkeley Springs, featuring an exhibit representing student artists from across Morgan County. Families have been coming through to see the art and take photos in front of their child’s work hanging on the wall since the show[Read More…]
Morgan County Schools gets good audit, high school vaping addressed
by Kate Evans Michael Misiti, CPA, CFE and partner from the Fyffe Jones Group, AC, gave a presentation on their company’s Fiscal Year 2024 audit report of the Morgan County Board of Education at the March 4 Morgan County School Board meeting. Misiti said the timeline of their audit was[Read More…]
School mid-year financial review shows increase in revenue and expenses
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Treasurer Ann Bell told the Morgan County Board of Education there were increases in the regular levy and special levy tax collections along with salaries and benefits and some services in Fiscal Year 2025 during her Mid-Year Financial Review presentation at the March 4[Read More…]
School board approves budget and finance items, considers policies
by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board approved a number of financial and budget items at their Febru- ary 4 meeting along with approving the first reading of a number of policies. HVAC pay applications The school board approved Pay Application 11-A total- ing $5,842 for the Morgan County[Read More…]
Reading & giving: library book inspires elementary students to help others
by Kate Shunney Local elementary school students decided late last month to use their power to make positive change in their own community, inspired by a library book brought to them by a volunteer reader. Read Aloud WV volunteer and longtime former teacher Linda See has been reading to Widmyer[Read More…]
