Preston County Schools are now closed for today, Monday, February 23rd. Students do not report and all extra-curricular activities are cancelled. 240-day staff, not already reporting are to report on a 2-hour delay and all other staff does not report. The scheduled Board of Education meeting will proceed as scheduled at 10 AM .
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Monday, February 23rd. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay. Road conditions will be assessed in the morning to assess the need for possible cancellation of school. The scheduled BOE meeting will proceed as scheduled at 10 AM.
There will be an optional parent meeting for the WPS Middle School Track Team from 5-6pm on Tuesday, February 24th in the Library. Parents are welcome to stop by, meet the coach (Mr. Tortolon) and ask questions. Reminder: Students need to return the permission form and have evidence of an up to date physical to start practice on March 2nd.
Preston County Schools is working with the county Health Department on multiple confirmed RSV virus cases in one of the kindergarten classrooms at West Preston School. If your child is showing symptoms, please contact your child's primary care provider. Attached is an information sheet regarding RSV for your review.
Our next night for Chaperone training will be March 11th at 5:00pm in the cafeteria! If you have not had your ID scanned, you'll need to bring it along with payment for the background check if you want the school to submit it to the sheriff's office for you. We will have paperwork available if you haven't submitted yours to us yet that you can fill out that night. Any questions, give the school a call. Thanks!
Professional Day - No Students on Monday the 16th - Just a reminder that tomorrow is a professional development day for staff.
March Menus
(Questions, comments and/or concerns about school-provided meals can be sent to Justin Hough, Director of Child Nutrition, at jhough@k12.wv.us; he will be presenting a report to the board on February 23rd, and can address specifics then as well)
(Questions, comments and/or concerns about school-provided meals can be sent to Justin Hough, Director of Child Nutrition, at jhough@k12.wv.us; he will be presenting a report to the board on February 23rd, and can address specifics then as well)
Our schools are still accepting Pre-K and kindergarten registrations. Just drop by your local school for an enrollment packet. Enrolling now for Pre-K helps to make sure your child has a spot in next year's classes. If you have questions, just call your area school.
Today is the PCS Social Studies Fair. As we speak, our individual school winners are presenting and showing off their projects and hard work to the judges for a chance to go to regionals and represent their school and Preston County. The awards ceremony, taking place at the Civic Center, will be live streamed on Facebook Live at the PCS Facebook Page at 7:00 P. https://www.facebook.com/PrestonCountySchools
Reminder: Sarris Candies Fundraisers are due by Friday February 13th.
www.sarriscandiesfundraising.com group id: 10-2419
www.sarriscandiesfundraising.com group id: 10-2419
Alternate Bus Routes for Tuesday, February 10th, 2026: (West Area, Bruceton, and PHS students in those areas)
These are located at: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2073/PCS/6123482/WINTER_ALTERNATIVE_STOP_SCHEDULES__6_.pdf
West Area: Bus 14-25, Laura Fisher will use alternate stop location.
Bruceton Area: Bus 22-21, Gerri Shaffer will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 10-23, Richard Mitchell will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 75-16, Shelly Wolfe will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 69-18, Shelley Reckart will be using alternate stop locations
Alternate Bus Routes for Monday, February 9th, 2026: (West Area, Bruceton, South, Kingwood and PHS students in those areas)
These are located at: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2073/PCS/6123482/WINTER_ALTERNATIVE_STOP_SCHEDULES__6_.pdf
West Area: Bus 14-25, Laura Fisher will use alternate stop location.
Bruceton Area: Bus 22-21, Gerri Shaffer will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 10-23, Richard Mitchell will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 75-16, Shelly Wolfe will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 69-18, Shelley Reckart will be using alternate stop locations
South Area: Bus 13-20 Tim Cline will use alt route stops Sinclair Rd
Kingwood: Bus 71-16 Roger Deberry will be using alternate stop locations tomorrow
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Monday, February 9th. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule & students and all other staff reports on a 2-hour delay.
Parent pickup at West Preston will begin at 12:30 PM. It is anticipated that buses will depart West Preston between 12:45 PM- 1:00 PM. The school will send a message when buses are departing from the school this afternoon.
School specific messaging will be sent tomorrow morning (2/6/26) related to parent pickup times at each district school tomorrow afternoon.
Preston County Schools will be dismissing Preston High School 3 hours early at approximately 12:15 PM tomorrow, Friday, February 6th. Buses will then travel to outlying schools who will be dismissing between 1.5 and 2 hours early and delivering all students home on one bus run. All after school activities will be cancelled for tomorrow. The status of activities on Saturday will be announced later.
Alternate Bus Routes for Friday, February 6th, 2026: (West Area, Bruceton, and PHS students in those areas)
These are located at: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2073/PCS/6123482/WINTER_ALTERNATIVE_STOP_SCHEDULES__6_.pdf
West Area: Bus 14-25, Laura Fisher will use alternate stop location. (Remainder of Week)
Bruceton Area: Bus 22-21, Gerri Shaffer will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 10-23, Richard Mitchell will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 75-16, Shelly Wolfe will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 69-18, Shelley Reckart will be using alternate stop locations
Alternate Bus Routes for Thursday, February 5th, 2026: (West Area, Bruceton, and PHS students in those areas)
These are located at: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2073/PCS/6123482/WINTER_ALTERNATIVE_STOP_SCHEDULES__6_.pdf
West Area: Bus 14-25, Laura Fisher will use alternate stop location. (Remainder of Week)
Bruceton Area: Bus 22-21, Gerri Shaffer will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 10-23, Richard Mitchell will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 75-16, Shelly Wolfe will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 69-18, Shelley Reckart will be using alternate stop locations
Alternate Bus Routes for Wednesday, February 4th, 2026: (West Area, Bruceton, Kingwood, and PHS students in those areas)
These are located at: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2073/PCS/6123482/WINTER_ALTERNATIVE_STOP_SCHEDULES__6_.pdf
West Area: Bus 14-25, Laura Fisher will use alternate stop location. (Remainder of Week)
Bruceton Area: Bus 22-21, Gerri Shaffer will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 10-23, Richard Mitchell will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 75-16, Shelly Wolfe will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 69-18, Shelley Reckart will be using alternate stop locations
Kingwood Area: Bus 71-16, Roger Deberry will be using alternate stop locations
Bus 40-22, Tony Goff will be using alternate stop locations for
Mt Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Civic Ctr Parking Lot
10am-11:30am - service
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Civic Ctr Parking Lot
10am-11:30am - service
