Tag: Calhoun County Schools
My experience with Green Power’s Electric School bus Beast
Submitted by Barry Miller, Calhoun County Schools Bus Driver Beast stands for “battery electric automotive school transportation.” I will not address battery safety, charging cost or if battery power is feasible. Those issues are for others to decide. I am a school bus driver with eighteen years of full-time driving experience and three years of Read More…
CMHS Students Get a Dose of Reality Before Prom
With Calhoun Middle High School’s prom scheduled for the weekend, Emergency Services worked together to create a Prom scenario to remind students of the dangers of bad decisions and the life altering results it can have. Minnie Hamilton Health System EMS, Grantsville VFD and Arnoldsburg VFD and HealthNet Aeromedical Services, along with student actors provided Read More…
Superintendent Whytsell Gives Greater Detail on Pilot Program
At Ridgeview News’ request, Kelli Whytsell, School Superintendent, was asked to further elaborate on the new Pilot Program for which she spoke briefly on at the Calhoun Citizens for Accountability meeting on Tuesday evening. If Calhoun County wants the best for our children, the Community has got to do their part to understand what’s happening Read More…
CMHS Students Raise Coins for Critters
Calhoun Middle High School 5th grade students did a remarkable job with their community service project “Coins for Critters”. Students collected over $380.00 which was donated to the “WAG”, welfare for animals group. The goal of the class was for no animal in Calhoun County to go hungry. Students were asked to notify a member of WAG if Read More…
Calhoun County Schools Superintendent Responds to Issue Regarding Sheriff
Ridgeview News reached out to Superintendent Kelli Whytsell regarding the issue with Student Interest Day and Sheriff Warren Basnett. Below is the response received:
Electric Bus Pilot Program now Operating in Calhoun
Calhoun County Schools began the Wednesday’s School day having their first test drive of an electric school bus. The Bus was provided free of charge to the school for the next six weeks by GreenPower Motor Company allowing most of the drivers to test drive the bus on their individual runs. First Calhoun driver to Read More…
Calhoun Citizens are Taking on the Tough Questions
The Calhoun Citizens for Accountability Group met Thursday evening in the Little Courtroom of Calhoun County Courthouse. A group of growing membership and interest, they are making a difference in Calhoun County through holding leaders accountable for their decisions and making themselves aware of what decisions are being made. Jason Wilson, Calhoun EMS Director was Read More…
Recipe For Ramp Dip From the WV Department of Agriculture
It’s the season of Ramps, Fried Potatoes and all the fixins’, but the WV Department of Agriculture are offering their own ideas for using the native wildflowers that grace the woods in spring. Ramps is one of few that is considered a vegetable. Allium tricoccum – commonly known as ramps but also is sometimes called wild leek, Read More…