Charter Schools

These are the first schools that have opened since a 2019 state law allowed charter schools in the state.

The four-member West Virginia Professional Charter School Board voted Wednesday to push back its contract with Nitro Preparatory Academy for one year, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

The West Virginia Professional Charter School Board on Tuesday named James Paul as its first, full-time executive director. Paul is expected to start his role on June 1 and said he plans to reside in the Eastern Panhandle.

All five of West Virginia’s public charter schools are on track to open in fall 2022, despite a location issue for one of the brick-and-mortar schools. Nitro Preparatory Academy, one of the state’s three physical charter schools, hit a snag recently and is searching for a new building in Kanawha County.

The West Virginia Professional Charter School Board met Tuesday morning to announce that the contracts for all five recently authorized public charter schools in West Virginia have been approved.

On this West Virginia Morning, we get a sneak peek at this week’s episode of The Legislature Today. State lawmakers have been considering a variety of energy-related bills this session, including one with bipartisan support that would create a permitting system for underground carbon storage.

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals voted on Thursday that charter schools in the state can continue as planned for now.

A judge in Kanawha County has issued a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts the creation of five charter schools in West Virginia.

On this West Virginia Morning, we continue our “Returning Home” series with a conversation with Berkeley County resident and educator Elizabeth Anne Greer Mobley. Mobley is passionate about improving special education for K-12 students in West Virginia, but there was a time when she took her talents outside the Mountain State.

A judge in Kanawha County Circuit Court heard arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of West Virginia’s public charter school law.