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Wood County Schools Superintendent Will Hosaflook speaks about the district’s new summer school program. (Screengrab)
CHARLESTON Wood County Schools officials spoke to the West Virginia State Board of Education on Wednesday about the district’s new summer school program.
Superintendent Will Hosaflook, Director of Curriculum & Instruction Christie Willis, Curriculum Coordinator Ashlee Beatty and school board President Justin Raber discussed the district’s new summer school program that is made possible from the state’s Summer SOLE (Student Opportunities for Learning and Engagement) funding.
Hosaflook said the purpose of the summer program is not only to get students caught up due to time lost in the classroom but to reestablish the student’s love for learning for all students in Wood County, not just Title I or non Title I students.
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Sean Keefe reads off information on the back of a facemask box during a meeting of the Wood County Board of Education, Tuesday, at the Wood County Schools Central Office. (Photo by Tyler Bennett)
PARKERSBURG The Wood County Board of Education adjourned only two minutes after the school board meeting started Tuesday evening, after a protest by local parents not putting on their masks inside a packed Bailey Board Room at Wood County Schools Central Office.
Board president Justin Raber started the meeting asking to make a motion “to enforce the laws of the state of West Virginia in the executive orders requiring individuals in a public space to be wearing a mask.”
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Sean Keefe reads off information on the back of a facemask box used by the public.
PARKERSBURG The Wood County Board of Education adjourned only two minutes after the school board meeting started Tuesday evening, after a protest by local parents not putting on their masks inside a packed Bailey Board Room at Wood County Schools Central Office.
Board president Justin Raber started the meeting asking to make a motion “to enforce the laws of the state of West Virginia in the executive orders requiring individuals in a public space to be wearing a mask.”
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The Wood County Schools Board of Education recognized three students Tuesday as 2021 National Merit Scholarship Finalists. From left are Cecelia Fatta (Parkersburg), Nicholas Murphy (Parkersburg South) and Jacob Huggins (Williamstown). (Photo Provided)
PARKERSBURG Due to decreased enrollment in Wood County Schools, Superintendent Will Hosaflook said the district will receive fewer funds for the 2022 fiscal year during the Wood County Schools Board of Education meeting Tuesday.
The district’s state aid fund will be reduced by $3 million, going from around $59 million to $56 million, Hosaflook said.
Hosaflook said the state’s aid formula is built on student enrollment and despite the closing of schools in the district to lower professional employees, Wood County is still over the state limit. Wood County last year had 31.66 professional employees over the state formula and he hopes to have that reduced to be over 25 or 26 employees, he said.