POLL: What is your biggest fear/concern as students return to school?

by JEFF MORRIS

Mon, August 22, 2022 at 6:27 AM

Updated Mon, August 22, 2022 at 8:23 AM

Eyewitness News wants to know what your biggest fear/concern is as students head back to school. (Sinclair Broadcast Group)

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Students in many counties in West Virginia are returning or are already back in school. The first day of classes creates excitement and anxiety.

Eyewitness News wants your opinion on the biggest concern/fear you have for kids as they return to the classroom. Take our poll below to express your thoughts.

The West Virginia Department of Education has a calendar posted online that gives the dates for the first day of instruction for all of the state’s 55 counties. Click here to view the calendar.

In the immediate area, Kanawha, Fayette and Nicholas students start the school year on Monday, Aug. 22. Putnam students return on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Students in Cabell, Lincoln, Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Wirt, Mason and Lincoln returned last week.

Here are the dates for the first day of school for students for other Mountain State counties in the Eyewitness News viewing area:

* Clay, Aug. 23

* Jackson, Aug. 24

* Roane, Aug. 24

* Wayne, Aug. 25

* Logan, Aug. 25

* Mingo, Aug. 29