The Charleston Gazette - Closing Costs Topics http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg The Charleston Gazette - Closing Costs http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200210060003 Education agency grows while enrollment shrinks More people work at the state Department of Education now than a decade ago, despite a sharp drop in student enrollment statewide, personnel data shows. Overall, the department employs 10 more workers at its state Capitol c...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200210060003 Sun, 06 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200210030003 Broken promises Benefits of school consolidation touted by former state officials were almost limitless as they tried to convince reluctant parents that closing nearby schools and busing children to far-off consolidated schools were in the children’s best int...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200210030003 Thu, 03 Oct 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209290011 Broken Promises School administrators across West Virginia have reneged on promises to provide students with advanced classes and save taxpayers millions of dollars through school closings and personnel cuts, an investigation by the Sunday Gazette-Mail has fo...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209290011 Sun, 29 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209290010 Pendleton school could have been fixed up, some say CIRCLEVILLE — This is how a tiny mountain town ended up with three gymnasiums and three public kitchens within 50 yards of each other, all in the name of saving money. Twelve years ago, county school officials said they had...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209290010 Sun, 29 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209290009 Consolidating elementary schools a hard sell When they closed high schools, county officials promised new advanced courses and more extracurricular activities for their students.They had less to offer elementary students whose schools faced the consolidation ax. http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209290009 Sun, 29 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209240003 Bus times will carry equal weight The state School Building Authority changed a decade-old policy Monday that gave more weight to economies of scale than to how long children ride on the bus. Since it began in 1989, the authority gave more weight to project...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209240003 Tue, 24 Sep 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120015 State to require annual bus time reports WELCH - The state Department of Education plans to require county transportation directors to report the time students spend on buses every year, state Superintendent David Stewart said Wednesday. "We'll develop a method to...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209120015 Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080018 State to track student bus times For the first time in six years, state education leaders have directed county school boards to report how much time children spend on school buses. The state Department of Education wants to determine how many students ride...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200209080018 Sun, 08 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208300003 Closing costs STATE guidelines say no elementary student should be on a school bus more than 30 minutes each way, no middle school student should have more than a 45-minute ride, and no high school student should face more than an hour on a bus one-way. http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208300003 Fri, 30 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250015 School closings, lax oversight lead to record long bus rides School administrators across West Virginia have repeatedly ignored transportation laws and guidelines, forcing thousands of children to spend two hours or more on school buses each day and leaving them more likely to get sick, less likely to l...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250015 Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250019 Counting bolts: Tommy's long ride SNOWSHOE — Tommy Evans stood atop the 4,848-foot mountain at 6:20 a.m., waiting for the bus to arrive, wearing a special badge so nobody would lose him on the way to school. He clutched his father’s hand. Wind sailed thro...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250019 Sun, 25 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250016 Rising costs, fewer students School transportation costs have soared in West Virginia, nearly doubling during the past decade, even though the state buses 25,000 fewer children. Gasoline prices have shot up. Liability insurance costs more. Bus drive...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250016 Sun, 25 Aug 2002 01:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250017 Riding the school bus hazardous to children They’re tired and cranky. They have a hard time concentrating in class. They can’t join the football team or the band, or take the most difficult classes. Students, parents and teachers told the Gazette-Mail that long bus r...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250017 Sun, 25 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0400 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250018 How we did it The Sunday Gazette-Mail conducted a year-long investigation into the burden that school closings can place on the state’s rural children. Today’s stories are part one of an ongoing series. For today’s stories, more than 80 ...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200208250018 Sun, 25 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0400