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PROMOTING LEARNING â Scott Donohew, principal of Brooke Intermediate South, updated the Brooke County Board of Education on the schoolâs efforts to promote learning and good behavior. Warren Scott
WELLSBURG After approving the elimination of 15 professional and service positions on Monday, Brooke County school officials answered questions about the restructuring of the school district’s musicâ¯program.
Board member Stacy Hooper asked Deputy Superintendent Corey Murphy how the program will change, noting there have been rumors that courses will be cut.
Murphy said the school district will offer the same music courses it does this year but staffing for them has been altered.
Veronica Mann, a junior, Ramen Noodle dress, first overall, 14 and over category Contributed
WELLSBURG Bags of Ramen Noodles, Mountain Dew cans and boxes, ribbon from VCR tapes, grocery bags and good old newspapers don’t sound like conventional material to make a teenager’s outfit, but several Brooke County Schools students proved otherwise and were honored on the state level for their creativity.
The vehicle for that was the Recycling Coalition of West Virginia’s 18th-annual ReFashion Show, normally an in-person runway event held at the Charleston Town Center Mall in downtown Charleston, W.Va. This year’s event, however, was replaced with a virtual online version in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WELLSBURG On Tuesday, Wellsburg Council supported a higher salary for the city’s collector-treasurer and restructuring of the police department.
In December, Collector-Treasurer Andrea Morris requested a raise, noting her salary is lower than assistant department heads at City Hall.
But council members noted because Morris’ position is an elected one, any change to her salary can’t go into effect until after her present term, which ends on June 30. After that, whoever is elected to the office in the city’s June 8 election will receive that pay.
But council learned on Tuesday that Morris has chosen to resign from the position, effective Feb. 15, to accept a position as assistant to newly appointed Brooke County Magistrate Shannon Price.
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Dec 17, 2020
WELLSBURG Jami Packer, a math teacher at Brooke Middle School, has been selected for West Virginia University’s Mathematics Master Teacher Fellowship Program.
Packer is one of 19 educators from 17 counties participating through a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.
During the five-year program, Packer will continue to work at her school while learning effective teaching approaches from Matthew Campbell, WVU assistant professor of education, and Joanna Burt Kinderman, an instructional coach for Pocohontas County recognized for her educational leadership in 2019 by Education Week.
Brooke County Superintendent Jeffrey Crook said, “The Brooke County Schools community is extremely proud of Ms. Packer for what she does in and out of the classroom to make sure all her students are successful in the classroom.