by Kate Evans Morgan County School Board members voted 4-1 to approve partnership with the company Instructional Empowerment at a total cost of $95,449 to conduct onsite assessments at Berkeley Springs High School and Warm Springs Middle School and a district-level workshop with American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding. The vote[Read More…]
Tag: Morgan County Schools
Early-year school data uncovers areas of growth, ongoing need to raise student skills to grade level
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Elementary Education Director Kandy Pentoney and Secondary Education Director Beth Golden discussed elementary and secondary school “beginning of the year” benchmark test data at the October 17 Morgan County School Board meeting. Many grades saw improvement and secondary scores increased 2% from last year.[Read More…]
Legislators & school board discuss state mandates, skill gaps & staff shortages
by Kate Evans West Virginia Senator Charles Trump, State House of Representatives Delegates George Miller and Darren Thorne and Governor Jim Justice’s Eastern Panhandle Representative Daryl Cowles attended the November 7 Morgan County School Board meeting’s legislative work session to discuss areas of concern to the school system and to[Read More…]
County schools on red watch status; staff continues improvement strategies
by Kate Evans A recent West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) report on the 2023 County Efficiency Indicators for state school districts showed Morgan County as one of six counties with a red “On Watch” status for not meeting standards for four 2023 West Virginia Balanced Scorecard indicator measures. Morgan[Read More…]
County schools fall short of multiple state standards on Balanced Scorecard
by Kate Evans Morgan County’s “scorecard” on state-mandated assessments from last year show a lot of red for county schools, highlighting multiple areas where student knowledge does not meet state standards for their grade level. West Virginia’s “Balance Scorecard” lists academic standards, progress, English learners and Student Success as factors[Read More…]
Morgan County Schools plans to weigh programs as COVID funding goes away
by Kate Evans The Morgan County Board of Education’s financial situation has improved over the past several years with the receipt of COVID-related monies and an increase in net position. Net position is the difference between everything the school system owns and what they owe. However, Morgan County Schools Treasurer[Read More…]
School board asks Superintendent to focus on math & reading scores, ARP spending for school year
by Kate Evan The Morgan County School Board chose three goals for Morgan County Schools Superintendent Kristen Tuttle to achieve during the 2023-2024 school year. Her annual evaluation will be based on these goals. Goals Tuttle’s first goal is that Morgan County students will improve reading and math scores by[Read More…]
Man arrested at middle school over domestic incident Friday
A domestic altercation that occurred at Warm Springs Middle School on Friday, September 1 at dismissal time resulted in the arrest of a Berkeley Springs man and the delay of dismissal at the school. A 911 call was received about a disturbance at a Morgan County School, said Morgan County[Read More…]
Morgan County classrooms see fresh faces in wave of new teachers
Morgan County Schools opened on Tuesday with over 20 new staff members joining the community and school system. New school personnel began their academic year by meeting for trainings on Morgan County Schools procedures, curriculum and goals. New teachers gathered on Tuesday, August 8 to meet County Directors, complete paperwork,[Read More…]
