As of Wednesday 20 August 2003

> Countdown to school year begins. Teachers and students alike are getting ready to return to then high school on the hill. School starts August 26- now one week away.

> Phares selected as new superintendent. In June, the Marion County Board of Education announced that Dr. James Phares would replace outgoing superintendent Tom Long.

> About 1/4 of PROMISE recipients fail to keep scholarship. About 27 percent of PROMISE recipients attending West Virginia colleges last year failed to make the grades required to keep the merit-based scholarship. (AP)

> Golf team loses to University High

> New principal at West Side

> Changes for the school year

OLDER STORIES:

> WESTEST to be given to Sophmores. In a memorandum to teachers abtained by BTV News, on May 14, 15, 16, Sophmores will take a feild test for next year's Stanford Replacement. (April 28, 2003)

> Prom a sucess: Juniors happy. Saturday night was East Fairmont's biggest formal dance of the year and the Juniors pulled it off. "We had a real good turnout- a great turnout," Junior class advisor Mr. Anslene told BTV News. (April 28, 2003)

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