Marion County Technical News Today

FAIRMONT — After three community meetings, the Marion County Board of Education’s bond committee on Monday unveiled the projects it hopes to fund with a $35.92 million bond issue that

FAIRMONT — After three community meetings, the Marion County Board of Educations bond committee unveiled the projects it hopes to fund with a $35.92 million bond issue that the voters

FAIRMONT — Marion County may be seeing the return of a dormant youth leadership program.

FAIRMONT — The results of an outside investigation surrounding a Marion County Schools employee came back with no bad news to show.

The Marion County residents who were paying attention Wednesday understand that the Safe Schools Search that was coordinated with Marion County Schools and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office proved the

FAIRMONT — Registration for this year’s Summer SOLE program has wrapped up, and school officials are anxious to see how this year’s program goes.

FAIRMONT — The Marion County Board of Education is taking recent reports of bullying seriously.

1 of 2 Photo by Sarah Marino Photo by Sarah Marino RACHEL — Spring has come alive at Marion County Technical Center. Agriculture students got to show off their green thumbs Friday and Saturday by selling flowers, vegetables and plants they have raised in the schools greenhouse. John Postlethwait, agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America advisor, said growing the plants helped the students hone in and develop their basic agricultural skills. He said it al...

RACHEL — When students attend Marion County Technical Center, their day starts by clocking in and receiving their new assignments. That’s because many of the programs at the Technical Center operate as simulated workplaces, which give students real-world experience to learn hands-on. “Our programs are a lot of hands-on,” said Jay Michael, principal of Marion County Technical Center. “It’s for those ones that maybe they need to get up and move around sometimes durin...