Official Mercer County Schools Calendar, BOE Office, Board Agendas & Parent Links
Use this mobile-friendly guide to reach the correct Mercer County Board of Education resources for the school calendar, BOE office address, district phone number, board meeting agendas, school board documents, bus routes, attendance zones, student support links, app downloads, dining, and official Mercer County Schools updates.
Choose your Mercer County school task and open the right official page
Select the task closest to what you need. Mercer County Schools uses separate official links for calendars, board documents, attendance zones, transportation, dining, district updates, school pages, and app-based alerts.
📅 School calendar & planning
Fast answer: official Mercer County Schools WV pages parents usually need first
The official Mercer County Board of Education / Mercer County Schools website for West Virginia is Open boe.merc.k12.wv.us. Use that site for the school calendar, 26-27 calendar summary, attendance zones, bus route documents, board agendas, board minutes, school pages, dining, job postings, WV Balanced Scorecard, district news, and official app links.
The district office is listed as Mercer County Schools, 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740. The main phone number is 304-487-1551. The official site also lists Title IX reporting options by mail at the same address, by email at aaliff@k12.wv.us, by phone at 304-487-1551, or by reporting to any school employee.
📅 Need school dates?
Start from the official home page and calendar links. The home page links to the 25-26 Calendar and 26-27 Calendar Summary.
🏢 Need the BOE office?
Use the official district address: 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740, and call 304-487-1551 before visiting.
🗓️ Need board documents?
Use the Board Meeting Agendas and Board Meeting Minutes folders under the School Board document section.
🚌 Need bus information?
Use the official Transportation document folder for 25-26 bus routes and check district updates during winter weather.
Official source check before using any Mercer County BOE detail
Publish-ready as of: May 7, 2026. The official Mercer County Schools website, home page, 26-27 calendar summary, attendance zones page, school board page, board meeting agenda documents, 2025-2026 board meeting minutes documents, transportation documents, school pages, WV Balanced Scorecard link, app links, and Title IX notice were checked for this article.
Use this article as a practical navigation guide. Mercer County school information can change because of board action, calendar revisions, snow-day makeup changes, faculty senate days, transportation updates, weather routes, graduation changes, app updates, document-folder updates, district leadership updates, and school-year rollover.
Mercer County BOE contact, calendar and school lookup facts
These fast facts help families and residents avoid the biggest mistake: mixing up Mercer County Schools in West Virginia with Mercer County districts in Kentucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey.
🏫 District
Mercer County Schools, West Virginia.
🌐 Official website
📍 BOE office
1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740.
☎️ Main phone
304-487-1551.
👤 Superintendent
The official site lists Edward T. Toman as Superintendent.
📅 Calendar
The official home page links to 25-26 Calendar and 26-27 Calendar Summary resources.
🗓️ Board documents
Board agendas and minutes are available under the School Board document folders.
🚌 Bus routes
The official Transportation documents section links to 2025-2026 bus routes.
Jump to the Mercer County school help section you need
Where to get Mercer County school calendar PDFs, first day, breaks and snow-day notes
The safest starting point for the Mercer County Schools calendar is the official district home page at Open Mercer County Schools. The home page links to the 25-26 Calendar and the 26-27 Calendar Summary. Use those official links before planning childcare, work time off, travel, bus schedules, family events, or graduation attendance.
The 26-27 calendar summary linked from the official site lists a proposed structure with teachers starting August 17, students starting August 20, Labor Day on September 7, Election Day on November 3, Veterans Day on November 11, Fall Break from November 23-27, Winter Break beginning December 24 through January 1 with students out through January 4, Spring Break from March 29-April 2, Memorial Day on May 31, high school graduations on June 4, and June 7 as the last day for students, subject to snow-day changes.
The calendar summary also notes built-in snow days and explains that the last day for students is subject to change based on the number of snow days. That detail matters in Mercer County because weather can affect school operations, bus travel, winter alternate routes, and end-of-year planning.
📅 Use the official school year
Do not mix the 25-26 calendar with the 26-27 summary. Check the school year before saving dates.
❄️ Snow-day warning
Built-in snow days and the last day of school can change depending on weather and official district updates.
🎓 Graduation planning
The 26-27 summary lists June 4 for high school graduations, but families should recheck closer to graduation.
⚠️ Recheck before travel
Calendar summaries, PDF links, and district announcements can be revised. Use the official site before final plans.
Mercer County Schools office address, phone number, superintendent and district contact
The official Mercer County Schools website lists the district at 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740, with main phone number 304-487-1551. The home page lists Edward T. Toman as Superintendent.
The same official page also lists district leadership and central office roles, including assistant superintendent roles for elementary education, federal programs, and secondary education, along with personnel and treasurer roles. Because staff names and assignments can change, use the official district site before publishing staff details or contacting a department.
📍 BOE office
Mercer County Schools, 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740.
☎️ Main phone
Call 304-487-1551 for district routing and central office direction.
👤 Superintendent
The official site lists Edward T. Toman as Superintendent.
🏫 School-level issues
For attendance, pickup, teacher contact, school events, and student-specific matters, contact the school first.
Board members, school board page and document folders
The official Open School Board Page is the starting point for current Mercer County Board of Education information. Board membership, roles, and public documents can change, so avoid copying older board-member lists from screenshots, old agendas, or third-party pages.
Mercer County Schools also maintains official School Board document folders. These folders are important because board materials are usually organized by category and school year. If you need an agenda, minutes, board self-appraisal, policy document, or public board item, use the document section rather than relying on a social media post.
👥 Board members
Use the official School Board page for current member information.
📋 Agendas
Use the Board Meeting Agendas folder for current and archived agenda documents.
📄 Minutes
Use the Board Meeting Minutes folder for official meeting records by school year.
⚠️ Avoid old screenshots
Meeting information and board materials can change. Use the official document folder before quoting details.
How to check Mercer County BOE agendas, minutes and meeting documents
The official Board Meeting Agendas document section includes folders for 2023-2024 Board Agendas, 2022-2023 Board Agendas, 2024-2025 Board Agendas, and 2025-2026 Board Agendas. The Board Meeting Minutes section includes official meeting minutes organized by year, including a 2025-2026 folder.
For most users, the fastest workflow is simple: open the School Board document folder, select Board Meeting Agendas or Board Meeting Minutes, choose the correct school year, and then open the specific meeting document. This avoids confusion from older agendas, archived minutes, and copied meeting summaries.
Open the official board document folder
Start from the Mercer County Schools document section, not a social media screenshot.
Choose agendas or minutes
Use agendas for upcoming or planned board business and minutes for official records after a meeting.
Select the correct school year
Board materials are organized by year. Do not quote 2024-2025 documents for 2025-2026 meetings.
Confirm before attending or commenting
Meeting times, locations, agenda items, and special meetings may change. Check the current official posting.
Meeting document reminder: A board agenda shows planned business. Minutes are the official record after approval. Use the correct document type before making claims about board action.
Find my district, school assignment and attendance-zone help
The Mercer County Schools home page links to “find my district,” and the district has an official Open Attendance Zones page. Use this official resource for school assignment and district-boundary questions before making enrollment, transportation, or moving decisions.
Do not assume a school by city name alone. Princeton, Bluefield, Athens, Lashmeet, Bramwell, Montcalm, Spanishburg, and other Mercer County communities can have specific attendance boundaries. A student’s exact address can matter more than the town name used in a search.
🧭 Address-based help
Use the official attendance-zone resource for school assignment questions.
🏠 Moving into Mercer County?
Check the zone before signing a lease or purchase agreement if school assignment is important.
🚌 Transportation connection
School assignment can affect bus route eligibility and pickup location.
⚠️ Confirm with district
For final enrollment and zoning decisions, contact Mercer County Schools directly.
Mercer County bus routes, winter alternate routes and transportation documents
The official Transportation document section links to Open Transportation Documents, including the 2025-2026 Bus Routes document. The district has also published winter alternate bus route information for weather-related travel conditions.
Families should recheck bus information near the first day of school, after moving, when winter weather begins, and after district transportation updates. Bus routes are not permanent forever, and weather-related route changes can affect pickup and drop-off timing.
🚌 25-26 bus routes
Use the official Transportation document folder for the 2025-2026 route document.
❄️ Winter alternate routes
Check district updates during snow, ice, and road-condition events.
🏠 Address changes
Moving can affect bus route, stop, and attendance-zone questions.
⏰ Arrive early
Families should build in extra time when routes are new or weather routes are active.
School pages, campus contacts and local updates
The Mercer County Schools website includes individual school pages under the district’s Schools menu. School pages are important because daily operations are usually handled at the campus level, not only through the central office.
For school-specific questions such as bell times, building announcements, meal details, sports, student activities, teacher communication, attendance notes, pickup instructions, and school-specific events, use the individual school page and call the school office directly.
🍎 Elementary and primary schools
Use school pages for daily arrival, dismissal, school events, principal messages, and local family updates.
🎒 Intermediate and middle schools
Use campus pages for activities, student expectations, programs, and school-level announcements.
🎓 High schools
Use high school pages for graduation updates, athletics, career programs, senior information, and school news.
📘 Special programs
Use official program pages and district news for technical, career, STEM, and countywide program information.
Dining, school meals and menu links
The official Mercer County Schools site includes a Dining link. Families should use that official dining resource for current meal information instead of relying on an old school menu image or social media post.
Menus, meal service details, nutrition information, and cafeteria notices can change by school year, school building, supply conditions, and district updates. If your question involves a child’s food allergy, meal account, special diet, or school-specific cafeteria issue, contact the school or district meal-service contact through official channels.
🍽️ Dining link
Use the official Dining link from Mercer County Schools for meal information.
🏫 School-specific questions
Contact the school office if the question is about a specific campus meal issue.
⚕️ Allergy caution
For allergy or medical diet needs, do not rely only on a menu screenshot.
🔁 Menus can change
Supply conditions and school operations can affect posted meal details.
Mercer County Schools app, live feed, alerts and district updates
The official Mercer County Schools website links to iOS and Android app downloads and includes live-feed style updates. Families can use these official channels for district announcements, school updates, calendar reminders, news, weather-related information, and program highlights.
Do not depend only on search results for closures or urgent changes. During weather events or schedule changes, use official district posts, school pages, and app alerts when available.
📱 District app
Use the official iOS or Android app links from Mercer County Schools.
📢 Live feed
Use official district updates for announcements, programs, calendar reminders, and urgent notices.
❄️ Weather alerts
Check official district communication during snow, ice, and road-condition events.
🏫 School pages
Follow the individual school page for campus-level updates.
WV Balanced Scorecard and school performance data
The Mercer County Schools home page links to the WV Balanced Scorecard. Families can use that official West Virginia education data resource to review school performance and accountability information.
Scorecard data is useful, but it should not be the only factor in school decisions. Also check school programs, transportation, attendance zones, principal communication, student support services, and current school-level updates.
Practical note: School data pages can help compare schools, but families should still confirm current programs, boundaries, transportation, and student services directly with Mercer County Schools or the school office.
Title IX reporting, discrimination concerns and official contact path
The official Mercer County Schools footer states that any person may report sexual discrimination or sexual harassment, regardless of whether the person reporting is the alleged victim. The official contact methods include mail at 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740, email at aaliff@k12.wv.us, phone at 304-487-1551, or reporting to any school employee.
The district notice also says a record of each report shall be completed immediately by the person receiving the report and shared with the appropriate personnel. For emergency danger, contact emergency services first.
Safety reminder: This article is only a navigation guide. Use official district reporting channels, school administrators, emergency services, or appropriate authorities for urgent safety concerns.
MCS job postings, district employment and official openings
The official Mercer County Schools home page links to MCS Job Postings. Use the official job-posting link before applying for a position, checking requirements, or sharing an opening with another person.
School job postings can change quickly. Positions may close, requirements may update, and application systems may change. Avoid relying on old screenshots or copied job descriptions.
💼 Official postings
Use the MCS Job Postings link from the official district site.
👩🏫 Certified roles
Teaching, administrative, and professional roles should be checked through the official system.
🏫 Service and support roles
Support, transportation, cafeteria, maintenance, and office roles may update during the year.
⚠️ Apply only officially
Do not send private employment documents through unverified websites.
What Mercer County school information is free and what may require payment
Most basic Mercer County Board of Education information should be free to check. You should not pay a third-party website to see the district office address, main phone number, board agenda folders, board minutes folders, calendar links, attendance-zone page, bus route document folder, school pages, job postings, WV Balanced Scorecard link, or public district news.
Some actions may involve official accounts, fees, or processing through a school or approved platform. Examples may include transcript processing, meals, tickets, activity fees, replacement items, facility-related services, or third-party systems officially linked by the district. Verify the official source before paying.
✅ Usually free to check
Calendar links, district address, board agendas, board minutes, attendance zones, bus routes, school pages, and public updates.
💳 May involve payment
Meals, records processing, replacement items, tickets, activity fees, or approved payment systems.
🚫 Avoid unofficial payment traps
Do not pay random websites for public school information that the district posts for free.
Check the state before using any Mercer County BOE calendar or office page
The phrase “Mercer County Board of Education” can point to different places. This article covers Mercer County Schools in West Virginia, using the official domain boe.merc.k12.wv.us. Search results can also show Mercer County Schools in Kentucky, Mercer County School District #404 in Illinois, Mercer Area School District in Pennsylvania, or Mercer County education offices in New Jersey.
Before using any calendar, BOE office address, phone number, meeting agenda, bus route, or student resource, check the state and domain. For this page, the correct district office is in Princeton, West Virginia.
West Virginia district in this guide
Kentucky Mercer County
Mercer County Schools Kentucky uses a different website, office address, board meeting schedule, and calendar.
Illinois Mercer County
Mercer County School District #404 is a separate Illinois district with different contacts and board materials.
New Jersey county office
Mercer County, NJ has a county education office, not the same school district covered here.
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Map and directions for Mercer County Schools office in Princeton, WV
The official district office address is listed as Mercer County Schools, 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740. Use this map for general direction planning, but call 304-487-1551 before visiting because office access, staff availability, school-year operations, holidays, and weather closures can change.
Visit reminder: Many student-specific issues are handled by the child’s school, not the central office. Call first so you do not make an unnecessary trip.
Clearly marked official Mercer County Board of Education links
Use these official links first. Each blue button below is an official or district-linked resource so users can quickly understand where to click on mobile.
Open Mercer County Schools
Main district website for calendar links, school pages, news, app links, dining, job postings, and district updates.
Open Bus Route Documents
Transportation folder with 2025-2026 bus route document access.
Open 26-27 Calendar Summary
Official calendar summary linked from the Mercer County Schools home page.
Open WV Balanced Scorecard
State education data resource linked from the district home page.
Mercer County Board of Education questions parents ask most
What is the official Mercer County Board of Education website?
The official Mercer County Schools website for West Virginia is boe.merc.k12.wv.us. Use it for the school calendar, board documents, bus routes, attendance zones, app links, dining, job postings, and school pages.
Where is the Mercer County Schools BOE office?
The official district office is listed at 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740.
What is the Mercer County Schools phone number?
The main phone number listed by the district is 304-487-1551.
Where can I find the Mercer County school calendar?
Start from the official Mercer County Schools home page. It links to the 25-26 Calendar and 26-27 Calendar Summary.
What does the 26-27 calendar summary list for the first day of school?
The 26-27 calendar summary linked from the official site lists August 20 as the students’ first day. Families should recheck the official calendar before final planning.
Where are Mercer County BOE agendas posted?
Board agendas are posted in the official Board Meeting Agendas document folder under the School Board documents section.
Where can I find Mercer County BOE meeting minutes?
Use the official Board Meeting Minutes document folders. The district has a 2025-2026 Board Meeting Minutes folder for current-year records.
Where can I check Mercer County bus routes?
Use the official Transportation document section. The district home page also links to 25-26 Bus Routes.
How do I find my Mercer County school district or attendance zone?
Use the official Attendance Zones page and “find my district” resource linked from the district site. Confirm directly with the district if the address is near a boundary.
Is Mercer County Board of Education WV the same as Mercer County Schools Kentucky?
No. This article covers Mercer County Schools in West Virginia at boe.merc.k12.wv.us. Mercer County Schools Kentucky uses different contacts, calendars, offices, and board meeting information.
Who is listed as Mercer County Schools Superintendent?
The official Mercer County Schools home page lists Edward T. Toman as Superintendent. Recheck the official site for current leadership before publishing staff information.
How can someone report sexual discrimination or harassment to Mercer County Schools?
The official district footer says reports may be made by mail at 1403 Honaker Avenue, Princeton, WV 24740, by email at aaliff@k12.wv.us, by phone at 304-487-1551, or by reporting to any school employee.
Official verification and privacy reminder
This article is an independent guide created to help families, students, staff, residents, and public users find the correct official Mercer County Board of Education / Mercer County Schools WV resources. It is not the official Mercer County Schools website and does not replace official district announcements, board documents, calendar PDFs, transportation notices, school pages, Title IX procedures, or emergency communications.
For enrollment, attendance, transportation, school assignment, bus routes, student records, public meetings, harassment reporting, school safety, meals, employment, or official school decisions, use the relevant official Mercer County Schools page or contact the district directly. Do not submit private student data, health records, payment information, personnel records, or identity documents through unofficial websites.
Best way to use this Mercer County BOE guide
The best starting point for Mercer County Board of Education information is the official Mercer County Schools West Virginia website at boe.merc.k12.wv.us. Use it for calendar links, the 26-27 calendar summary, board agendas, board minutes, attendance zones, transportation documents, district updates, app downloads, dining, job postings, and school pages.
For practical results, use the correct page for the task. Use the home page for calendar links and official updates, the School Board document folders for agendas and minutes, Attendance Zones for school assignment questions, Transportation documents for bus routes, school pages for campus-level questions, and the district office phone number for central office routing.