As soon as the walk-out was announced educators and community members jumped into action to ensure that a walk-out would not result in students going hungry those two days. The response by teachers and local organizations was covered on ABC7 News on Monday Night. Click this link to watch the video of their coverage.  

WVEA leadership has called for statewide action on Thursday and Friday. Berkeley County Schools is still evaluating their response to this announcement, but it is expected they will cancel school for those two days.  If school is cancelled by the superintendent it does not result in any action upon any teacher, and the days are […]

Here are a few helpful links you can use to stay involved in the legislative process.  

Thanks to everyone that came out on Saturday in the cold and wet weather to support public employees. The rally was a huge success with over 500 attendees! Let’s keep up the pressure on Charleston. Tell you local legislators that 1% is not enough, to fix not just freeze PEIA, and to vote against SB […]

There are two upcoming rallies in Berkeley County to stand up for public education and public employees. On February 3 from 11:30 to 12:30 in front of the Berkeley County Courthouse the BCEA as well as a host of other groups will rally in support of public education.   On February 10, there will be […]

Congratulations to the following people who received prizes from the raffle BCEA held at the New Teacher Outreach: Steve Roach from North Middle, Kimberly Sealock from Winchester Avenue, Andrew Lam from Musselman Middle, Kelsey Strelick from Marlowe, Emma Weber from Martinsburg High, Michaela Hartofelis, and Renee Zimmerman from Hedgesville Elementary   Special thanks goes to […]

How do you feel about the West Virginia Board of Education proposing end-of-course exams in high school and eliminating the Smarter Balanced assessment? To find the survey go to – https://www.surveymonkey.com/survey-closed/?sm=cbUrg7FqBC9EKD5B1WGqPqImT2PUV7SMHe3igS0R9_2Bk_2B3w1tJNvidkMfisWMQVkeimhJ_2BmGoI_2BifFg9Dazn8Yw_3D_3D In addition to end-of-course exams, state board members approved a separate resolution to take a look at all assessments for grades 3 through 8. […]

A general meeting will be held today with Rich Calhoun, our new ODS. Please come and welcome him, meet him and be ready to accept his help this coming year. Dale Lee may also be present. 5:15 at the office 55 Meadowlane Plaza, Martinsburg

Good evening Dr. Queen, Superintendent Arvon, members of the board, senior staff and guests. Our local results on the A-F grading system were discussed in brief at the last superintendent’s teacher advisory meeting and we teachers were asked our opinion about keeping this system or fighting for its removal. I would like to clarify my […]