July 9, 2008
A nearly $80,000 pay raise for the governor's wife and other large pay raises at N.C. State University will have to be reviewed, state university officials decided Wednesday. Mary Easley, the wife of Gov. Mike Easley, is an executive in residence and seni...
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GREENSBORO - The Guilford Education Alliance will host a reception for up to 700 new Guilford County Schools teachers on Sept. 4. The reception will take place from 5-7 p.m. at the Embassy Suites, 204 Centreport Drive, in Greensboro. The celebration allow...
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GREENSBORO — A 5-month-old alternative high school lacks a permanent home for its 125 students. And time is running out for Guilford County Schools to find a temporary site by fall. The Board of Education hesitated Tuesday to follow a staff recommendati...
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July 3, 2008
The number of short-term suspensions in Guilford County Schools dropped about 3 percent, to 12,016, during the 2007-08 academic year, according to preliminary district figures. However, the percentage of suspensions among black students remained about th...
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What could have been a soon forgotten, business-as-usual committee report has turned out to be a catalyst for change in Guilford County Schools among some of Greensboro’s concerned residents. The Board of Education last week heard special reports about...
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July 2, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) -A statewide policy aimed at stopping schoolyard bullies is headed to a special joint panel, after House lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a Senate version that removed a list of potential victim characteristics from the plan. A special committ...
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RALEIGH (AP) - North Carolina's first lady has received an $80,000 raise that almost doubles her salary at North Carolina State University as her duties there expand. Mary Easley, a lawyer and the wife of Gov. Mike Easley, is an executive in residence and...
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GREENSBORO - Parents who want their children to ride Guilford County Schools buses must submit their requests this month. July 8 is the deadline to request transportation to magnet schools. Parents have until July 21 to request transportation to tradition...
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Often the devastating letter meant the end of hope, the demise of a dream: "Thank you for your application, but we are very sorry to inform you it is not possible to offer you admission to the Class of 2012 ..." But under a new partnership announced Tuesd...
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July 1, 2008
Address: 4001 Hickory Tree Lane, Greensboro, NC 27405 Birth Date: July 26, 1947 Occupation: Retired University Professor (English); Small Business Owner Web site: www.greensboroscenictour.com Family:Husband-Rondal Graham Alexander - BusinessmanDaughter-To...
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GTCC and N.C. A&T said today they have agreed to offer students who haven't qualified for university admission a chance to strengthen their academic credentials. The agreement is designed to help students gain four-year degrees at N.C. A&T, accord...
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June 26, 2008
GREENSBORO - When students fill the dorms at UNCG this fall, they will be provided plenty of technological wonders. Phone service, however, will not be one of them. And by most accounts they won't notice. The school decided to pull the plug on phone servi...
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RALEIGH - Brenda Florence was 10 years old on Sept. 4, 1957, the first day of school and the first day she and five other students integrated public schools in Greensboro. "It was awful. I was scared to death," she said, sitting in a large parlor room at...
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GREENSBORO - It's unlikely that board members will know tonight whether Guilford County Schools will face a reduction in state funding of at least $2.4 million. Sharon Ozment, chief finance officer for Guilford schools, plans to seek board approval of an...
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June 25, 2008
Guilford County Schools could lose at least $2 million in state funding for the 2008-09 academic year, based on the latest edition of the North Carolina budget. State educators warned district finance officers by e-mail Monday that the Department of Publi...
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June 24, 2008
GREENSBORO - Peggy Fersner and other instructors at N.C. A&T are counting on the next generation of engineers to solve the country's technical challenges. And that's where the 33 middle and high school students on campus this month come in. To generat...
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GREENSBORO - Folks scowled, sighed and shook their heads. The numbers were not pretty. School board members - seated in front of a crowd of about 100 - learned Monday that Guilford County Schools has not made any true progress in narrowing the achievement...
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June 17, 2008
GREENSBORO - Three times this spring Guilford County Schools has released preliminary results showing better performance on state exams among students. Results made public Monday indicate that a higher percentage of high school end-of-course tests receive...
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June 16, 2008
GREENSBORO - UNCG's newly named Chancellor Linda P. Brady will earn about $13,000 more than her predecessor. The position remains the third highest-paid in the UNC system among chancellors, according to the UNC General Administration. Brady will earn $315...
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June 13, 2008
CHAPEL HILL - The UNC Board of Governors named Linda Brady, provost at the University of Oregon, as UNCG's next chancellor on Thursday. Brady, 60, said it is an honor to be awarded the position, which she described as "one of the very best jobs in higher...
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June 12, 2008
GREENSBORO -- Patrice Brown hoped to spend the last day of school roller skating through the air-conditioned hallways of Archer Elementary. No such luck. It's an election year, and the electorate rocked the vote. Students stuffed the ballot box, and "sitt...
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June 11, 2008
GREENSBORO - Rising kindergartners who would have attended Summerfield Elementary School in the fall will instead go to Laughlin Elementary. The school board gave clearance Tuesday for Guilford County Schools to prepare Laughlin, which was last used by st...
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June 10, 2008
GREENSBORO - Elon law school students can breathe a little easier today: The American Bar Association awarded the school provisional accreditation over the weekend. The accreditation means students graduating next spring will be able to take the bar exam...
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May 8, 2008
GREENSBORO - One teenager was arrested Wednesday after gunshots were fired just feet away from an elementary school where children were playing outside. No one was injured. About 2 p.m. Wednesday, school resource officers working at Dudley High School hea...
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Guilford County Schools officials who were rattled by the expensive relocation of Eastern Guilford High School students in 2006 and 2007 plan to spend 30 percent more on property insurance next school year. They hope better insurance coverage will reduce...
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