CAMPAIGN NEWS

Safe, orderly schools are essential for both learning and teaching. Today, despite the best efforts of educators and administrators, student behavior remains one of the most serious challenges facing our public schools. Assaults on school employees and repeated classroom disruptions are occurring at unacceptable levels across all grade spans, undermining student achievement and threatening employee safety.   Discipline problems of this magnitude cannot be solved through punis

A recent report commissioned by the West Virginia House of Delegates takes a clear, data‑driven look at how our state funds public education. Its findings are sobering: West Virginia is not investing enough in its public schools, and the dollars we do invest are not distributed fairly or efficiently. For families, educators, and taxpayers in Jefferson County, the implications are direct and urgent. West Virginia’s students face some of the highest needs in the nation — but ou

West Virginia Department Education-- 2024–2025 Data Means for Jefferson County School choice and the Hope Scholarship Program sit at the center of one of Jefferson County’s most consequential education debates. The conversation isn’t abstract—Jefferson County’s public schools are already navigating enrollment decline, staffing shortages, and budget pressures. According to the West Virginia Department of Education’s Education Data 2024–2025  report, statewide public-school enr