West Virginia excludes more test scores as enrollment falls
West Virginia public schools say 23 000 plus Stanford Nine scores were excluded from statewide results this year an increase from last year amid enrollment decline from 323 762 to 290 944. Officials note higher special education enrollment and federal guidelines explain the uncounted scores while critics call the practice misleading.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Linda Martin
Challenge West Virginia
State Department of Education
McDowell County
Lincoln County
Webster County
Earth Camp teaches WV youths through geography and heritage
The 15th Bee Learning Day Camp at the Appalachian South Folk Life Center in Luefield draws 37 children ages 5 to 12 for a week themed Earth Camp. Funding comes from Moose Club Georgia Pacific Summers County Solid Waste Authority Quota Club Eagles Community Connections Wills Law Office Sun Valley Title I and local in kind donations. Campers gain world geography cultural awareness and personal heritage while receiving new books stamps erasers and pencils and guidance from staff including Margaret Persinger and Sarah Justice.
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Luefield
Appalachian South Folk Life Center
West Virginia
Jeanette Justice
Moose Club
Georgia Pacific
Summers County Solid Waste Authority
Quota Club
The
Eagles
Community Connections
Wills Law Office
Sun Valley
Mercer
Sarah Justice
Warren Wilson College
Ashville, N.C
Bandy water project seeks funding from state loan fund
TAZEWELL Va A new water system for Bandy could serve over 300 people and the Tazewell County Public Service Authority seeks grants and loans through the Virginia Department of Health Drinking Water Supply Revolving Loan Fund A community meeting is set for Saturday July 29 from 2 to 7 pm at the Bandy Community Center to discuss the project Representatives of the authority will attend and explain the plan while noting funding is not guaranteed and user agreements would boost chances
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Gadgets drive many motorists to distraction
Princeton police cite growing hazards from cell phones and in car devices. Chief Casey Martin notes drivers, mostly women, pull off to talk, with eyes off the road increasing crash risk. A 1997 New England Journal study linked in car cellphone use to accident risk comparable to drinking.
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Casey Martin
Princeton
The
Man Overcomes Challenges at National Veterans Wheelchair Games
William E. Smith of Rock, 44, competes at the 20th NVWG in San Antonio, Texas, joining 700 competitors in a multi event sports and rehab program for veterans using wheelchairs due to spinal injuries, amputations or neurological disorders. The event is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Paralyzed Veterans of America. Smith served eight years in the U S Army and was injured in a 1977 jeep accident while on duty in Korea.
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William “Bill” E. Smith
Smith
San Antonio
Texas
Department of Veterans Affairs and
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