Mercer County Board adopts attendance rule for grades 9-12
The Mercer County Board of Education approved a compulsory full day schedule for grades nine through eleven and allowed five instructional periods for twelfth graders with work exceptions. The board also set new substitute teacher pay levels and a deferred pay option, and heard an update on the Read and Think program for first graders.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Patricia Linkenhaker
Harold Wood
Ben Faulkner
Allen Lackey
Jim Oxley
John M. Hughes
State Department of Education
Mercer County
Hughes
West Virginia
Bluefield offers Cooperative Office Education and fall classes
Mercer County Vocational Technical Center hosts the Cooperative Office Education Program in Bluefield for post secondary students with no fee and room 624. limited to 15 students, classes 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mon-Thur and 8:30 a.m. to noon Fridays. Becktley State College adds Criminal Justice 160 on Tue evenings starting Sept 1 in O'Dell Hall Room 201 E taught by Joel Hershman.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Appalachian Power Company
Beckley
Bluefield State College
O’dell Hall
Beckley College
Joel Hershman
United States
Bluefield State College Office of Continuing Education
Fall Course Offerings Include Religion Sociology
BC News notes this fall's offerings. Religious Education in Religion 205 Sociology 301 cover Marriage and the Family and broader social topics.
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Strawberry Fields tribute plot memory of John Lennon
Yoko Ono urged global donations of native plants or rocks for a Central Park plot named Strawberry Fields in Lennon's memory. She described it as a triangular island where the couple walked last, a tribute to his life and harmony. Lennon was killed in New York last December. CHiPs actor Larry Wilcox remained hospitalized after a motorcycle accident causing a mild concussion. he was treated and released.
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John Lennon
New York
Central Park
Lennon
Yoko Ono
Washington Post
John
Ms. Ono
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