And note that chicken fried steak is a valid choice of breakfast meat.

The Bridge Program encourages WV teens in foster and kinship care to graduate from high school and plan their next steps through mentoring. This year, the program has a 98% graduation rate for its students. westvirginiawatch.com/2026/0…

Yeah…a lot of that is hiring of the teachers aids mandated by the Third Grade Success Act. And, dumping data from all 55 county school systems to get these grand totals makes no sense other than to make dumb posts like this. Each county if different.

Governor Patrick Morrisey opened the first of three Golden Horseshoe ceremonies today, celebrating elite scholastic achievement at the Culture Center. These eighth graders represent the best of the best, following the same pathway as the state's top doctors, lawyers, and leaders. Backed by a strong economy and expanding educational opportunities, the future of the state looks bright for these young Mountaineers.

Sure but what does “lives full time” actually mean? Is that like “reside in the seat of government?” Asking for a friend’s state.

Baseball has become one of those animals that seems destined to extinction with the way it keeps finding stupid things to do to storied franchises, but then somehow keeps outliving us all.

Schools should be funded to operate year-round as child care and social opportunities dwindle in the summer months.

"If they take the moratorium and they take that time to get the school funding formula figured out, I think that would bring relief to a vast majority of schools that are on the chopping block right now." wchstv.com/news/local/coalit…

A professor at the University of Michigan, who is a West Virginia native, created an online WV school closure tracker and found 70% of closures impacted elementary schools westvirginiawatch.com/2026/0…

I think classroom decoration has gone way too far. If I were a student in these rooms, I’d never be able to learn. Should there be guidelines as far as classroom decor goes?

A coalition of families, educators and community members has called for an immediate pause on school closures in WV so lawmakers have time to address the state’s antiquated school funding formula. 19 schools likely face closure this year. westvirginiawatch.com/2026/0…

Literally the only answer to this is in modern times is West Virginia losing 13-9 to Pitt in the last regular season game of 2007 That was the one shot they were ever going to get at a national championship and they pissed it away against a 4 TD underdog who was their arch rival The Kick 6 is a stupid nomination. Alabama had won 3 of 4 national titles and was clearly going to win more. It sucked but it didn’t alter the trajectory of the program But the 2007 Backyard Brawl was IT for West Virginia

Once in high school, I spoke briefly with Gov. @BobWise48. I was heading to @illinoistech for aerospace. He wished I would stay in WV but I was unsure of the opportunities here. Today, my school is piloting a program with @marshallu that will bring aerospace to all WV students.

It was wonderful to be at the @marshallu Bill Noe Flight School at @flycrw today for the announcement that Marshall is partnering with @WVEducation to create AIRWV, a program to help kids from K-12 learn about flight and engineering careers. Starting in Kanawha, Logan, Barbour, Jackson and Clay Counties next year, students can finish high school on a clear path to becoming pilots, aerospace engineers, maintenance technicians, or airport operations staff. We need way more programs like this giving our next generation the skills they need to jump straight into the workforce at graduation!

Everything else in the state policy discussion is academic. If it doesn’t add population, it’s not going to move the needle.

University of California STEM professors want standardized tests back due to severe math deficiencies among students: “We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle school mathematics” “The current admissions metric, based primarily on GPA & essays, can no longer reliably distinguish readiness for university-level STEM majors in an era of severe grade inflation & AI assisted application essays”

Governor Morrisey celebrated the opening of the new Elk River Trail Visitors Center at the Dundon Trailhead in Clay County. The event also highlighted an expansion of the trail and its official designation as a Mountaineer Mile. Read more from @WSAZnews wsaz.com/2026/05/22/new-visi…

The Elk River Trail is just one of the many great wonders of our state. West Virginia has to prepare and invest, not just for tomorrow, but the next 25 years. Quality of life is one key part of that.