Education in West Virginia

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Education in West Virginia falls under the auspices of the West Virginia Department of Education. Each county in West Virginia constitutes a school district.

Contents 1 Education Administration 1.1 West Virginia Board of Education 1.2 County Boards of Education 2 Schools 2.1 Colleges and universities 2.2 High schools 2.3 Golden Horseshoe 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Education Administration

[edit] West Virginia Board of Education

The West Virginia Board of Education is established in the West Virginia Constitution. The Board is vested with general supervision of West Virginia's 834 elementary and secondary schools. Its twelve members include nine citizens appointed by the governor and three non-voting ex-officio members: the State Superintendent of Schools, the Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, and the Chancellor of Community and Technical Education. The State Superintendent is a constitutional officer who serves at the will of the board. Board members serve overlapping terms of nine years, and no more than five citizen members may belong to the same political party.

The West Virginia Board of Education meets monthly to determine the educational policies of the elementary and secondary schools and to establish the rules that carry into effect state law regarding education. The State Board of Education also has general control, supervision, and management of the business and educational affairs of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Romney.

[edit] County Boards of Education

For each K-12 school district there is a board of education with at least five members whom are chosen by election in non-partisan races. Though no more than two members may reside in the same magisterial district, members are elected by residents of the entire county.[1] Active teachers and service personnel are not eligible for election to the county Board of Education. [2] Members are elected to four-year terms in which the election occurs during the regular primary election in even years.[3]

In addition to the Boards of Education, each district also has an appointed Superintendent. He/she typically serves as the Executive Officer of the county school district and is responsible for enforcing policies of the West Virginia Board of Education. [4] Assignments, transfers, suspensions, and promotions made by the County Superintendent are subject to approval by the county Board of Education. The Superintendent must be a resident of the county in which he/she serves or in a continguous West Virginia county.

Each county school district falls within one of eight Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs).

[edit] Schools

[edit] Colleges and universities

Main article: List of colleges and universities in West Virginia

Alderson-Broaddus College Appalachian Bible College Bethany College Bluefield State College Concord University Davis and Elkins College Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College Fairmont State University Glenville State College Marshall University Mountain State University Ohio Valley University

Potomac State College of West Virginia University Salem International University Shepherd University University of Charleston West Liberty State College West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine West Virginia State University West Virginia University West Virginia University Institute of Technology West Virginia University at Parkersburg West Virginia Wesleyan College Wheeling Jesuit University

[edit] High schools

Main articles: List of high schools in West Virginia and List of school districts in West Virginia

Berkeley Springs High School, Berkeley Springs Big Creek High School, War Bishop Donahue Memorial High School, McMechen Bluefield High School, Bluefield Braxton County High School, Sutton Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport Brooke High School, Wellsburg Buckhannon Upshur High School, Buckhannon Buffalo High School, Buffalo Burch High School, Delbarton Cabell Midland High School, Ona Calhoun High School, Mt. Zion Cameron High School, Cameron Capital High School, Charleston Central Catholic High School, Wheeling Chapmanville Senior High School, Chapmanville Charleston Catholic High School, Charleston Clay County High School, Clay Clay-Battelle High School, Blacksville Cross Lanes Christian School, Cross Lanes Doddridge County High School, West Union Duval High School, Griffithsville East Fairmont High School, Fairmont East Hardy High School, Baker Elkins High School, Elkins Fairmont High School, Fairmont Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville Frankfort High School, Ridgeley Gauley Bridge High School, Gauley Bridge George Washington High School, Charleston Gilbert High School, Gilbert Gilmer County High School, Glenville Good Ole Boys School, Fairmont, West Virginia Grafton High School, Grafton Greenbrier East High School, Lewisburg Greenbrier West High School, Charmco Guyan Valley High School, Branchland Hamlin High School, Hamlin Hampshire High School, Romney Hannan High School, Ashton Harman High School, Harman Harts High School, Harts Hedgesville High School, Hedgesville Herbert Hoover High School, Clendenin Hundred High School, Hundred Huntington High School, Huntington Hurricane High School, Hurricane Iaeger High School, Iaeger Independence High School, Coal City James Monroe High School, Lindside Jefferson High School, Shenandoah Junction John Marshall High School, Glen Dale Keyser High School, Keyser Lewis County High School, Weston LaValley High School, New Haven Liberty High School, Clarksburg Liberty High School, Glen Daniel Lincoln High School, Shinnston Logan Senior High School, Logan Madonna High School, Weirton Magnolia High School, New Martinsville Man High School, Man Martinsburg High School, Martinsburg Matewan High School, Matewan Meadow Bridge High School, Meadow Bridge Mercer Christian Academy, Princeton Midland Trail High School, Hico Montcalm High School, Montcalm Moorefield High School, Moorefield Morgantown High School, Morgantown

Mount Hope High School, Mount Hope Mount View High School, Welch Musselman High School, Inwood Nicholas County High School, Summersville Nitro High School, Nitro North Marion High School, Farmington Oak Glen High School, New Cumberland Oak Hill High School, Oak Hill Paden City High School, Paden City Parkersburg Catholic High School, Parkersburg Parkersburg High School, Parkersburg Parkersburg South High School, Parkersburg Paw Paw High School, Paw Paw Pendleton County High School, Franklin Petersburg High School, Petersburg Philip Barbour High School, Philippi Pickens School, Pickens PikeView High School, Princeton Poca High School, Poca Pocahontas County High School, Dunmore Point Pleasant High School, Point Pleasant Preston High School, Kingwood Princeton High School, Princeton Ravenswood High School, Ravenswood Richwood High School, Richwood Ripley High School, Ripley Ritchie County High School, Ellenboro Riverside High School, Belle Roane County High School, Spencer Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg Saint Albans High School, Saint Albans Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School, Huntington Saint Marys High School, Saint Marys Scott High School, Madison Shady Spring High School, Shady Spring Sherman High School, Seth Sissonville High School, Sissonville South Charleston High School, South Charleston South Harrison High School, Lost Creek Spring Valley High School, Huntington Summers County High School, Hinton Teays Valley Christian School, Scott Depot Tolsia High School, Fort Gay Tri-County High School, Clarksburg Trinity High School, Morgantown Tucker County High School, Hambleton Tug Valley High School, Williamson Tygarts Valley High School, Mill Creek Tyler High School, Sistersville Union High School, Mount Storm University High School, Morgantown Valley High School, Pine Grove Valley High School, Smithers Van Senior High School, Van Wahama High School, Mason Wayne High School, Wayne Webster County High School, Upperglade Weir High School, Weirton Westside High School, Clear Fork Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Wheeling Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling Williamson High School, Williamson Williamstown High School, Williamstown Winfield High School, Winfield Wirt County High School, Elizabeth Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley Wyoming County East High School, New Richmond

[edit] Golden Horseshoe

All eighth grade students in the state West Virginia take a history, or social studies class all based on the history of the state. They learn all about the state of West Virginia. Students may elect to take the qualifying test at the school level. Upon advancing past the first test, the students take another test at the county level.

Two hundred twenty-one West Virginia eighth graders receive the award each year. The two top-scoring students from each county are given the award (total of 110), as are another 110 students selected throughout the state based on population. In addition, the top-scoring student from the West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind is presented the award. There is a knighting ceremony for the winners. It is a huge honor to be awarded the Golden Horseshoe, and only the best get this award.

[edit] See also

• List of school districts in West Virginia

[edit] External links

• West Virginia Department of Education
• College for West Virginians
• West Virginia Department of Education
• WESTEST: West Virginia Educational Standards Test
• West Virginia Commission for Professional Teaching Standards
• West Virginia Education Information System
• West Virginia Code Chapter 18. Education.
• List of West Virginia County Board Offices and RESA Offices

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