Preston County Schools

Parents, please be advised that your child should be bringing home a paper packet that will allow you to review and update your child's student information and medical information. In addition, the packet will also direct you to complete a brief online form to update additional student information. Please return these packets so that school personnel can update this information as soon as possible. This is a change from previous years in which information was updated exclusively using an online form. Please contact your school with any questions or concerns with this new process.

Preston County Schools will be conducting hearing, speech, language, and vision screenings in our schools in the months of September and October. These screenings are for students entering school for the first time who have not been screened, students who have been referred for re-screenings from the previous year, and/or any students referred by teachers. Parents will be notified if any student should not pass the screenings.
Those who do not wish their child to be tested must contact their respective school in writing. For additional information, you may
contact the Preston County Schools, Special Education Department at 304-329-0580, extension 3220 or 3239.

Following recent air quality assessments conducted at South Preston School by a certified vendor, it was reported that (3) classrooms had elevated levels of aspergillus / penicillium mold. After conferring with the vendor, the Preston County Health Department, and WV Department of Education, the impacted classrooms have been cleaned as recommended and will be re-assessed before students and staff will be permitted to re-occupy the impacted rooms. Recommendations by the Preston County Health Department, the vendor, or WVDE for any further testing of other areas of the school will also be followed and carried out. At this time, there have been no recommendations for closure of the school. However, the issue will continue to be assessed by all involved parties. One of the impacted rooms was the Pre-K room, and as a result, Pre-K students at South Preston School will not report tomorrow and will tentatively report on Tuesday, September 1st pending clearance of the classroom for occupancy. Questions or concerns about this matter can be submitted to Superintendent Brad Martin at (304) 329-0580 ext. 3225.

Starting tomorrow 8/26/26 for the afternoon high school runs, the Terra Alta area students will need to board the following buses at Preston High School.

If you ride bus 73-16 Pam Ragione, 77-16 Bruce Ragione or 12-20 Mark Knotts evening runs, you will board bus 73-16 Pam Ragione.

If you live on Rt. 7 going to Terra Alta School, you will need to board bus 57 Doug Falkner's bus at Preston High School.

If you ride 70-16 Charlie McCarty or bus 57 Doug Falkner, you will also board bus 57 Doug Falkner.

Information and a Map on the Preston High Morning Drop Off for this School Year can be found on the scrolling banner on the PHS Website and also below.

Parents will drop off in horseshoe loop as you come up to the school on the right. Kids will enter the building at the connector entrance.

School Buses will be only vehicles dropping off at the concourse in the morning in the front of the school.

Special Education Parents and buses will follow the same route as the buses that start in front and will drive behind the school drop off the kids and exit by the bus garage and down the hill.

Reminder: PCS is excited to welcome our faculty and staff for opening day sessions in Kingwood, tomorrow, the 18th. The schedule of trainings with times and locations , along with a welcome letter, can be found at the following link(s), as well as on the PCS Website Scroller:
https://aptg.co/0sPtZq (Welcome Letter)
https://aptg.co/18qLPG (August 19th)
https://aptg.co/-1vG0S (August 18th)

Reminder - Pre-K, K, 7th grade, 12th Grade students are REQUIRED to have the listed vaccinations before they can start school. Without proper documentation, then a student cannot attend until the shots are completed and records are at the school. There is no grace period. We don't want to see your student unnecessarily miss school days. Please contact one of our nurses for assistance, return their voicemails, or contact the health department with any questions. As of today, there are 92 seniors with records still missing of having the appropriate vaccines. It is against state law for them to be in the building without records of the required immunizations. This even pertains to virtual students.

Reminder of vaccine requirements for PCS Students (PK, new enrollments and 7th and 12th grades) - Immunizations are a requirement by state code for student enrollment in WV Public Schools.

Last June (2025), the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE), members voted unanimously to comply with state law regarding required school immunizations as it is written in W. Va. Code §16-3-4.

To date, the West Virginia Legislature has not voted in favor of religious exemptions for vaccines and continue to comply with the law that dates back to 1937.

Reminder: Next and FINAL round of Summer Meal Pick-Ups are Today and Tomorrow.
Monday the 10th - Today
Bruceton - 4-6 (Cafeteria)
West - 4-6 (Main Entrance)
Central - 4-6 (Cafeteria - side entrance of building)

Tuesday the 11th - Tomorrow
Terra Alta - 4-6 (Main Entrance)
South - 4-6 (Main Entrance)
Aurora - 4-6 (Main Entrance)