Kanawha School Board

The Kanawha County school board moved yesterday, toward making curriculum changes — including some local teacher customizations — in several subjects. The board, approved three new Capital High elective literature courses that Missy Ruddle, Kanawha’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, said teachers developed for students there. They are Medieval Epic Literature, Hillbilly Highway: A Journey Through Appalachian Literature and Speculative Literature: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Magical Realism. The state plans to make Earth and space science the statewide mandatory ninth-grade science course next school year, meaning the current ninth-grade requirement of physical science would become optional.