The teacher pay crisis in the Eastern Panhandle has a solution often proposed by our local legislators. It’s locality pay. The idea is to pay teachers a wage that they can live in in the counties where it costs more to live. The state legislature can’t or won’t get it done.
It’s almost common knowledge that teachers in West Virginia have it tough. Their pay is poor compared to neighboring states and there are too few of them. Teachers from the Berkeley County Schools sound off about uncredentialed teachers being hired while credentialed teachers leave the state.
Sidewinder Enterprises has taken its Mountain Pure bottling project from the Planning Commission to the courtroom to the marketing team, rebranding itself as Valor Reserve. The stakes for Jefferson County remain high: the aquifer, zoning authority, and the community’s future are all on the line. Independent science, verifiable data, and enforceable safeguards should be required before a single gallon is pumped.