{"id":1345,"date":"2026-04-23T18:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/?page_id=1345"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:31:58","slug":"purple-star-facility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/home\/purple-star-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Star Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does \"military friendly\" even mean? <\/strong><\/h5>\n

That term is used a lot, and in a lot of ways, and it can become quite confusing for active military, military families, veterans, and beneficiaries to figure out who or what is \"military friendly\" in the state of WV. WV has had two recognitions for several years: The Five Star Challenge (for public colleges and universities granted by OVET) and the Purple Star (for K-12 schools and districts granted by the WVDE) that help our fellow West Virginians know that they support our military and veterans. <\/p>\n


However, we want to be clear about who and what is military friendly here in our Mountain State! This designation allows for any post-secondary option--universities, colleges, career and trade schools, apprenticeships, on-the-job training programs, flight schools, correspondence courses, prep courses, and certification entities to meet the standards that then show them to be military friendly! 
The designation of being a Purple Star facility will be valid for two years from the time of acceptance*. This is to encourage all post-secondary options to keep doing the good things that make our military, veterans, and families feel supported here in Almost Heaven. 

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*After the two-year period has expired, there will be a separate form for our Purple Star facilities to fill out to renew their designation for another two years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Purple Star Application \u2013 Fill Out Form<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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In 2021, on Pearl Harbor Day (December 7), the West Virginia Department of Education gathered with Common Ground Partners to proudly announce its first class of 130 schools and three districts receiving a West Virginia Purple Star Award, proving that the Mountain State is home to educational systems that are highly dedicated to being supportive of military families. In the most recent class, the number of Purple Star Schools and Districts grew to 315 schools and 17 districts. The West Virginia Purple Star Award program is one of many strategies the Common Ground Partnership is using to support the success of all students and to help veterans perceive the state as the best place in the nation to live, work, and raise a family.<\/p>\n

For more information on the K-12 Purple Star award through the West Virginia Department of Education, please visit: https:\/\/wvde.us\/academics\/awards-recognition\/purple-star-award<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What does “military friendly” even mean?  That term is used a lot, and in a lot of ways, and it can become quite confusing for active military, military families, veterans, and beneficiaries to figure out who or what is “military friendly” in the state of WV. WV has had two recognitions for several years: The Five Star Challenge (for public colleges and universities granted by OVET) and the Purple Star (for K-12 schools and districts granted by the WVDE) that … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1347,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-blank-4.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1345","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1355,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1345\/revisions\/1355"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwvconnect.com\/veterans-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}