August 12, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — A rural North Carolina school district with a proud military tradition is allowing a Quaker peace activist a chance to coax high school students away from careers in the armed forces, attorneys said Wednesday. For years, Sally Ferrell...
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Principals are breathing a little easier this morning after the Guilford County Board of Education approved doling out $5 million to schools. The 7-3 vote Tuesday night comes after the approval of a state budget last week. Schools officials had planned fo...
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REIDSVILLE — Parents, you might want to rethink that trip to the mall for back-to-school shopping. You could find everything you need this weekend at West End Baptist Church — free of charge. For two hours Saturday, the church’s youth...
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August 11, 2009
GREENSBORO - Greensboro College has named a professor acting CEO while searching for its next president.Paul Leslie, who is also the school’s vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, has been guiding the school as part of its lea...
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GREENSBORO — Parents and coaches would have to adhere to stricter rules governing student-athletes in Guilford County if the school board adopts a new policy that sets requirements for grades, verifying home addresses and penalties for fraud.As prop...
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August 10, 2009
GREENSBORO — Higher Education Area Transit buses will no longer run to GTCC and Greensboro College.Greensboro Transit Authority said both colleges declined to renew their deals for the fall semester.GTA has made the following changes to the HEAT bus...
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With the first day of school just around the corner, here’s a list of things to look out for: KINDERGARTEN, NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION: State law requires children to turn 5 by Aug. 31 to be eligible to enroll in kindergarten. The district...
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August 8, 2009
GREENSBORO — After months of dire predictions, school districts finally have a state budget to work with. Local schools officials were short on details this week, but it’s likely that at a meeting Tuesday, school board members will roll back s...
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August 7, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers have decided to set up a fund that could compensate students at a proprietary school that closes its doors before their studies are finished. The Senate voted 43-0 on Friday for final approval of a trust fund...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government said Friday that schools should only close later this year if large numbers of students have swine flu, and could allow their sick kids to return 24 hours after a fever is gone.The decision on closing rests with...
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GREENSBORO — More schools met or exceeded academic growth goals in Guilford County in 2009 than in the previous year, according to a new state report. The state Department of Public Instruction released its annual ABCs of Public Education report Thu...
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August 6, 2009
GREENSBORO – Teachers at public and private schools in the Triad can get free admission to the third and fourth rounds of the Wyndham Championship. Technology Concepts and Design Inc., a Greensboro-based company, is sponsoring the free admission for...
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GREENSBORO — Greensboro College’s board of trustees has formed a committee to find an interim president. The group, made up of students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members, will take on the task of replacing longtime President Craven...
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August 5, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools officials want a deadline extension as they consider a lawsuit against Lyon Construction, which built and renovated Oak Ridge Elementary, a school beset with problems before and after its opening in 2005. The sch...
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August 4, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools declared seven more Northern Guilford High School student-athletes ineligible Monday before closing the books on an investigation that has forced the school system to re-examine the growing problem of students br...
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August 2, 2009
OAK RIDGE — With its clean lines, sturdy brick construction and shiny-new appearance, the four-year-old elementary school doesn’t look like the setting for a mystery of epic proportions. But Oak Ridge Elementary School poses a so-far unsolvabl...
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August 1, 2009
GREENSBORO — Environmental problems seem to haunt the staff and students of Oak Ridge Elementary School everywhere they go. School officials decided Friday they would not use one of two buildings the system was to lease at Oak Ridge Military Academy...
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GREENSBORO — Carter Pate’s BlackBerry Smartphone was almost dead by Friday afternoon. The 55-year-old finance veteran flew south from New York to spend his first day as chairman of Greensboro College’s board of trustees among staff and f...
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July 31, 2009
BURLINGTON (AP) — Alamance-Burlington Schools is laying off 130 teacher assistants as it deals with budget worries.The Times-News of Burlington reported today that the school board voted Wednesday to lay off the teacher assistants.Superintendent Ra...
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GREENSBORO — UNCG is becoming a bit more neighborly. The growing university, which has bumped heads with neighborhoods bordering its campus for years, has formed a consortium to prevent conflicts and help the school grow without being too disruptive...
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July 30, 2009
GREENSBORO — R. Carter Pate, a Greensboro College alumnus who has spent his career turning around financially troubled businesses, will be the new leader of the struggling school’s board of trustees. “I am who I am today because faculty...
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GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools will hold open houses at its 120 elementary, middle, high and alternative schools before classes start in August.To see the open house schedule, visit www.gcsnc.com (pdf).Classes start Aug. 25.
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July 29, 2009
GREENSBORO — Cathy Polischak can smell mildew and mold at Northeast Middle School, and she worries for her seventh-grade son and his classmates.“I know that when I walk in to help, there are days when you can just smell it,” she said. &l...
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July 28, 2009
GREENSBORO — Six N.C. A&T staff members were laid off Monday as A&T and UNCG brace for possible budget cuts. “We were hoping not to eliminate any filled positions until at least the spring,” said Robert Pompey, vice president for...
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GREENSBORO — When students begin returning to Greensboro College next week, some familiar faces will be missing — along with some classes. Last week, the small Methodist college announced 10 layoffs. Among them, as students and faculty learned...
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