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HUNTINGTON — With the spring semester in the rear-view mirror, local school districts are turning their attention to summer learning as they attempt to make up for lost time in

HUNTINGTON — More than 400 Cabell Midland High School seniors didn’t go to Joan C. Edwards Stadium for another assignment Thursday, but they got one.

HUNTINGTON — Cabell County Schools Superintendent Ryan Saxe said there are no plans to shorten the school year, even after a federal disaster declaration approved by President Joe Biden would have allowed the district to do so. On May 13, Biden approved a disaster declaration for Cabell, Lincoln, Mason, Putnam and Wayne counties in West Virginia following a series of severe winter storms that caused widespread power and internet outages in the region. Due to the federal declaration, a West...

HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Board of Education has approved the operating budget for the next fiscal year, which includes a pay increase for all school employees. The proposed pay raise for professional employees is a 3.26% increase based on the starting teacher salary for a bachelor’s degree with zero years of experience. The raise equates to $1,276 for professionals on a 200-day contract, or $6.38 per day. For service employees, the pay increase is also 3.26% based on a weighted ...

HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Board of Education is expected to vote on the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 2022 during their regular meeting Tuesday, which includes a pay raise for professional and service employees. Superintendent Ryan Saxe said a pay increase was a priority in budget meetings and aims to help keep Cabell County’s pay competitive with surrounding school districts in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, with the goal of retaining and attractin...

Today Scattered thunderstorms this evening, then cloudy with rain likely late. Low 57F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 70%.. Tonight Scattered thunderstorms this evening, then cloudy with rain likely late. Low 57F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 70%. Updated: May 4, 2021 @ 9:53 pm

Close Vernon Adkins, center, speaks during an open house hosted by Cabell County Schools to discuss the proposed redistricting plan at Huntington East Middle School on Monday. A second open house is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Cabell Midland High School. Courtesy of Cabell County Schools

Today Partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. High around 80F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.. Tonight Scattered thunderstorms in the evening, overcast overnight with occasional rain likely. Low 64F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Updated: April 28, 2021 @ 3:18 am

While overall enrollment in Cabell County Schools is relatively stable, the distribution of enrollment hasn’t been. Some schools have seen enrollment growth. Some have seen declines. Thus, as Superintendent Ryan Saxe notes, redistricting is necessary to balance the load on buildings and on teachers. “We are currently exploring the idea of redistricting in order to allow us to more equitably meet the needs of students across all of our schools,” Saxe said at Tuesday’s meeting...

Today Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. A shower of rain or wet snow possible. High 53F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.. Tonight A few passing clouds, otherwise generally clear. Scattered frost possible. Low 32F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: April 22, 2021 @ 5:07 am