WHEELING – Ohio County Schools is celebrating the success of the recent “Gateway To The West” robotics tournament, and at least one board of education member suggests its economic impact might be bigger than that of the West Virginia “Super Six” state football championships at Wheeling Island Stadium. Board of Education member Erik Schramm thanked […]
WHEELING – Ohio County Schools is next going to examine the length of school day at each school and see if minutes can effectively be trimmed as it looks to start the day later at Wheeling Park HIgh School. Following a 42-minute discussion on the topic at Monday’s board of education meeting, it was determined […]
WHEELING – Ohio County Schools is once again considering later start times for students at Wheeling Park High School, and one idea is that all schools start the day 35 minutes later. The subject was discussed at Monday night’s board meeting. “Our starting time committee has met, and will continue to meet until we have […]
A strong, well-funded public library is a powerful partner for a local public school district. It’s good to see the Ohio County Public Library will get its chance at a funding mechanism alongside Ohio County Schools’ excess levy vote next year. The Ohio County Board of Education and library officials on Monday discussed a funding […]
WHEELING – A proposed levy benefitting the Ohio County Public Library could contain language guaranteeing it a percentage of revenue from the Ohio County Schools excess levy. Many issues regarding the school excess levy and the library’s potential funding from the levy were clarified by board of education members during a work session Tuesday morning. […]