Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Reporter at West Virginia Watch
Investigative reporter, @wv_watch | WV native. Mom x3. Baseball fan. DMs open for story tips. Support local journalism. More news on TikTok: amelianews
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5 days ago |
wvgazettemail.com | Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Gov. Patrick Morrisey has signed lawmakers’ key foster care measure into law — House Bill 2880, an omnibus bill that folded together several pieces of legislation. It includes creating a team to review the death of a foster child that occurred while in state care. The Republican governor opted to veto other child welfare-related items, including a bill that would have provided pay raises for attorneys representing foster children.
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1 week ago |
wvgazettemail.com | Amelia Ferrell Knisely
The White House has reversed course on a proposal to eliminate funding for Head Start, a long-standing preschool program that serves low-income families. Nearly 8,000 children in West Virginia rely on the program’s free services. Sen.
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1 week ago |
coalvalleynews.com | Amelia Ferrell Knisely
The White House has reversed course on a proposal to eliminate funding for Head Start, a long-standing preschool program that serves low-income families. Nearly 8,000 children in West Virginia rely on the program’s free services. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s office confirmed May 8 that President Donald Trump’s recent budget proposal, which was sent to Congress last week, did not propose cutting funding for Head Start after several news outlets confirmed that it was on the chopping block.
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1 week ago |
wvgazettemail.com | Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Samantha Casto, a preschool teacher at Ravenswood Head Start in Jackson County, is making the outdoors her classroom this spring. Her four- and five-year-old students are learning about bug habitats and digging their tiny hands into the dirt. “It’s not ‘sit down at a desk and learn,’” said Casto, 33. “They get to learn in a fun way.”Head Start offers free child care, early education, meals and more to thousands of low-income children in West Virginia.
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1 week ago |
coalvalleynews.com | Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Samantha Casto, a preschool teacher at Ravenswood Head Start in Jackson County, is making the outdoors her classroom this spring. Her 4- and 5-year-old students are learning about bug habitats and digging their tiny hands into the dirt. “It’s not ‘sit down at a desk and learn,’” said Casto, 33. “They get to learn in a fun way.”kAmw625 $E2CE @776CD 7C66 49:=5 42C6[ 62C=J 65F42E:@?[ >62=D 2?5 >@C6 E@ E9@FD2?5D @7 =@H\:?4@>6 49:=5C6? :?
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I keep saying it cause it's true: @ameliaknisely is as good a reporter as you will find anywhere, and West Virginia is fortunate she is on our side https://t.co/O4HyYkamx0
New: The WV Board of Education will pursue litigation over a recently-passed bill that gives lawmakers the ultimate authority over school board policies. Lawmakers passed the bill despite a clear voter rejection of a similar proposal three years ago. https://t.co/mPNGoDKArL
RT @JeffJenkinsMN: State BOE votes to seize control of Nicholas, Tyler school systems - WV MetroNews https://t.co/ojvXnEjnwF