by Kate Evans Ann Bell was unanimously appointed Treasurer of the Morgan County Board of Education for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 at the April 1 school board meeting, pursuant to the Morgan County School Board Policy 1310 and West Virginia Code 18-9-6. Bell has served as Treasurer of Morgan County[Read More…]
School News
Warm Springs Middle School honored for manufacturing ed efforts & student video
“Explore the New Manufacturing” group made a surprise award presentation to Warm Springs Middle School at the organization’s Eastern Regional Awards Ceremony late last month. Jamie Harris, the Warm Springs principal, accepted the 2025 Outstanding Industry Educator Award on behalf of the school. The award celebrates skilled and dedicated educators[Read More…]
School board keeps levy at same rate for new tax year
The Morgan County Board of Education voted to keep the school levy at its existing rate for the upcoming tax year. Morgan Couny taxpayers pay a school levy rate of 38.8 cents per $100 of valuation on their property and a school excess levy rate of 32.16 cents per $100[Read More…]
Bus driver Stephen McDoniel is the school Service Personnel of the Year
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…]
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…]
