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Warren Scott
RAISING AWARENESS. Staff and students have been learning about autism through various activities, including art and essay contests coordinated by Brittany Kocher, behavior specialist at Brooke High School. Winners and participants included, from left, front: Kyla Adams, Zachary Lyons, Brandon Owns and Adia Opie; second row: Nina Goodman, Emerson Siranovic, Vincent Caruso, Brenlee Longwell and Alora Hutchinson; third row: Aleix Shifflett, Paisley Butler, Avery Greene, Jocelyn Golick, Brennen Krzywdik, Tegyn Danielson and Bailey Blackburn; and back: Kocher, Anthony Bado, Aiden Balcezak, Emilee McKinney , William Kreider, Madison Burge, Lyla Horvath, Madison DeGarmo, Kendra Boyd , Liam Helt and Gavin Burns.
Staff writer
Warren Scott
RAISING AWARENESS â Staff and students have been learning about autism through various activities, including art and essay contests coordinated by Brittany Kocher, behavior specialist at Brooke High School. Winners and participants included, from left, front: Kyla Adams, Zachary Lyons, Brandon Owns and Adia Opie; second row: Nina Goodman, Emerson Siranovic, Vincent Caruso, Brenlee Longwell and Alora Hutchinson; third row: Aleix Shifflett, Paisley Butler, Avery Greene, Jocelyn Golick, Brennen Krzywdik, Tegyn Danielson and Bailey Blackburn; and back: Kocher, Anthony Bado, Aiden Balcezak, Emilee McKinney , William Kreider, Madison Burge, Lyla Horvath, Madison DeGarmo, Kendra Boyd , Liam Helt and Gavin Burns.
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COVID-19 ISSUES â Adapting to issues raised by the coronavirus were a recurring subject at Mondayâs Brooke County school board meeting.
WELLSBURG The Brooke County Board of Education Monday approved a monetary incentive for staff to announce their retirements earlier and discussed several issues spurred by the pandemic.
The board agreed to pay $500 to full-time staff members who submit written notification by March 1 of their intention to retire after the current school year. The offer doesn’t include those in state-funded positions who already were eligible for the incentive through the state.
Superintendent Jeffrey Crook said the move is “the equitable thing to do” while helping to alleviate decisions related to staff cuts. Deidra Parr, the school district’s treasurer, said knowing staff who will be retiring may lower the number of staff facing termination and reduce the need for paid attorneys who represent the board at hearings on the propose
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WELLSBURG At a special meeting Friday, the Brooke County Board of Education voted to return to a mix of in-person and remote learning next week, reversing its decision earlier this week to keep students home for remote learning for the remainder of the month.
All cited an order Wednesday by the West Virginia Board of Education that all students in grades K-8 return to some level of in-person classroom instruction and for those in grades 9-12 return unless their counties have been designated red for COVID-19 on a state map maintained by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.