Tag: Pocahontas County Schools

More than $1M in Federal Funds Awarded For W.Va. Telemedicine Network

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced Thursday that three West Virginia institutions will split over a million dollars in federal awards to establish a new telemedicine network in rural communities and schools.

Roane County School District and Pocahontas County Board of Education each will receive almost $500,000.

CAMC Health and Education and Research Institue is receiving almost $200,000. The money will be used to establish a new telemedicine network for rural schools and hospitals in central and southern West Virginia.

Telemedicine networks are increasing across the United States as a way for medical and educational experts to expand services to rural and undeserved communities.

Appalachia Health News is a project of West Virginia Public Broadcasting, with support from the Benedum Foundation.

Pocahontas Schools to Try New Bus Routes to Reduce Snow Days

The Pocahontas County school system is going to try to implement new school bus routes on days where classes might have previously been canceled because of snow.

The school system’s Director of Transportation Ruth Bland tells The Inter-Mountain that the move will preserve instructional days and prevent cancelations from cutting further into summer break.

Bland says the county averaged 11.85 snow days per calendar over the last 15 years.

On days where there are hazardous road conditions, Bland says buses would avoid unmarked pavement but could still be sent out onto marked pavement. Parents and students would have to travel to the bus at designated pick-up spots.

Bland says the routes would be implemented on a case-by-case basis.

The county runs 20 school buses over 942 square miles.

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