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Board signs MOU with WVU and Ken Kindred Foundation to offer free college economics course to high-school students
Summary
The board approved a memorandum allowing county high-school students to take an economics course through West Virginia University at no cost, using a foundation partnership and synchronous distance learning.
HARRISON COUNTY — The Harrison County Schools Board approved a memorandum of understanding with West Virginia University and the Ken Kindred Foundation to provide an economics course to county high-school students at no cost.
According to presenters, the Kindred Foundation is working with WVU to offer the course — identified in the discussion as “201” — at no cost to the district or students. The district plans to offer the course synchronously, with a local facilitator supporting students; one presenter said Lincoln High School will host a facilitated section and that several Lincoln teachers are pursuing related master’s coursework through the foundation’s program at no cost.
Board members asked whether seats had been preregistered; the presenter said many eleventh-grade students had expressed interest and that the district intends to expand the offering to other high schools via distance learning. The course was described as potentially counting as an elective within Career and Technical Education pathways, providing college credit for CTE students.
Why it matters: The MOU creates a no-cost opportunity for county high-school students to earn college credit and for staff professional development tied to the foundation’s support.
Follow-up: District staff said they will coordinate enrollment and facilitators and add the program to distance-learning offerings across the county.
