November 21, 2009
BURLINGTON -- Police are looking for six suspects who officials say forced their way into a home and robbed the family living there.
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GREENSBORO -- Two of the best-known performers in the nation will be in town Sunday night and that likely will mean heavy traffic around the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Tweenmania will take over High Point Road at 7 p.m. when Miley Cyrus takes the stage...
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GREENSBORO -- Police are searching for two men in connection with a late-night convenience store robbery. A clerk at Emzel Food Mart on Gregory Street told police that two men pulled up to the store about 3 a.m. Saturday. One man came into the store, pull...
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November 20, 2009
HIGH POINT — The issue of Taser-armed police in local schools sparked impassioned debate from advocates of both sides of the issue during a discussion Thursday. High Point Police Chief Jim Fealy and Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes heard support fo...
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November 19, 2009
GREENSBORO — Some local parents of autistic children may be a little more comfortable with Guilford County Schools’ plan to build two , rather than three, autism classroom wings after meeting with district officials Wednesday night .
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November 17, 2009
Want To Go? What: A public meeting to discuss the proposal to cut the number of autism classroom wings from three to two and increase the size of the two wings.
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GREENSBORO — Gov. Bev Perdue stopped in Greensboro on Monday to kick off a statewide push to get high school seniors to apply for college.
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November 16, 2009
GREENSBORO -- No children were hurt when their bus and a beer truck side-swiped each other late Monday afternoon. The accident happened shortly before 4 p.m. on Burnetts Chapel Road west of Highway 220, Trooper A.A. Chehaitli said.
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November 14, 2009
The Guilford County Health Department’s Greensboro office said Friday it will not make new appointments for flu vaccinations for the rest of the year. Health officials said that after commitments already on the books and a public clinic scheduled fo...
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November 13, 2009
GREENSBORO — Law enforcement officials say they will listen to the Guilford County school board’s concerns about Tasers, but they don’t intend to disarm their school-based officers.
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GREENSBORO — As the debate about linking teacher salaries to student achievement gathers strength in North Carolina, Washington is throwing its $4 billion dog into the fight.
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November 12, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools officials want the district to change its plans for construction of new classrooms and facilities for students who are autistic.
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GREENSBORO — The Guilford County school board opted not to extend the option on property it is considering for a southeast-area elementary school. The board voted 6-5 against extending the contract through Feb. 28 on a total of 55 acres near McLeans...
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November 11, 2009
GREENSBORO — The Guilford County Board of Education wants to talk to police about the arming of school resource officers with Tasers. The board voted 9-2 Tuesday night to invite the High Point and Greensboro police chiefs and the Guilford County she...
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GREENSBORO -- The county school board opted not to extend an option on property they're considering for the southeast area elementary school. The board voted 5-6 against extending the contract on a total of 55 acres near McLeansville through February. The...
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November 10, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools employees and taxpayers will have a chance to tell school officials what they think about paying teachers based on students’ performance. The district will hold four public forums this month at Smith and So...
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November 6, 2009
GREENSBORO — The operating room isn’t real. The patient and the surgeon aren’t either. Nor are the intricate and varied medical devices. But the results of this video- game-style simulator could be very real for the surgical technicians...
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November 5, 2009
HIGH POINT — It’s hard to be a technology academy when nearly half your students don’t have computers. That’s why more than 160 students at Welborn Academy of Science and Technology received a free computer Wednesday.
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November 3, 2009
GREENSBORO — The county will lose $10,000 if the school district does not exercise an option to buy a particular site for the future Southeast area elementary school. Guilford County Schools has until Nov. 30 to buy the 55 acres about two miles nort...
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October 31, 2009
GREENSBORO — Property the school board is considering buying for a new southeast area elementary school could cost $2 million more than originally believed. County Commissioner Billy Yow confirmed the school board learned Oct. 22 that the property o...
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October 27, 2009
GREENSBORO — Oak Ridge Military Academy announced its new president on Tuesday , and the name is a familiar one in local academic circles.Cuyler McKnight will leave his post as executive vice president at GTCC to lead the 157-year-old military...
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GREENSBORO — It’s back to the drawing board for four Guilford County magnet schools as the district attempts to address the failing programs. District officials will remodel the curriculum at Bluford, Hampton, Montlieu and Parkview elementary...
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October 25, 2009
GREENSBORO — Many in the Southeast Guilford community thought they would get a new elementary school when they helped pass a $457 million school construction bond last year. Now, they say the Board of Education wants to build the school to serve the...
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October 24, 2009
Parents in Oak Ridge feel they can finally see an end to the ongoing troubles with their elementary school. Guilford County Schools learned this week that a final report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will not include any add...
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October 23, 2009
GREENSBORO — School officials say they no longer need to wait on a final environmental health report they’ve sought for months to help them decide when to reopen Oak Ridge Elementary.
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