August 21, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's state auditor and her former chief investigator offered scathingly different accounts Friday of why the agency decided to shelve a probe into ex-first lady Mary Easley's lucrative university job.State Auditor Beth Woo...
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DENTON — A 19-year-old man registering for classes at South Davidson High School was arrested on a felony gun charge Thursday.The Davidson County Sheriff's Office said Victor Anthony Coffelt went to the high school at 2:45 p.m. Thursday to register...
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School supplies or supper? It’s a difficult decision for lots of parents, fifth-grade teacher Debra Hufschmitt said. But for many families at Sedgefield Elementary, that struggle eased Thursday when $1,300 in donated supplies showed up in the school...
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August 20, 2009
Terry Grier, who served from 2000 to 2008 as the superintendent of Guilford County Schools, is headed to a similar job in Houston. Grier left Guilford in March 2008 to oversee the San Diego Unified School District. The Houston Chronicle reported this afte...
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GREENSBORO — Pat Sullivan never overlooked the little things as she focused on transforming UNCG into a major university.She called students by name as she met them on campus walks. She pointed out loose bricks to maintenance crews. She came into wo...
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HIGH POINT — The Union Hill community will feel a little more whole in a few weeks when Union Hill Elementary opens Tuesday for the first time in two years.The original building, opened in 1929, was among the oldest in the county still in use when i...
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August 19, 2009
GREENSBORO — UNCG Chancellor Linda Brady used her state of the campus address Wednesday to focus on the school’s core missions as it copes with budget cuts. “For all of us, it was a year marked by uncertainty and a difficult and constant...
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GREENSBORO — America is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival in ways large and small this summer, from major motion pictures to mass-produced, vintage-style T-shirts. But in Greensboro, one celebration of the great music festiv...
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The death of a 16-year-old in broad daylight in Greensboro recently, the struggles of the homeless children among the ranks of those preparing to go back to school, and the low self-esteem that often lead children to make bad decisions are prompting today...
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August 18, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools has posted bus stop information for the 2009-10 school year, which starts Tuesday.To see bus stop locations, click here to go to the school system's Web site.More bus stop information is available at student...
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GREENSBORO — UNCG’s board of trustees took a look into the school’s future at its meeting Monday afternoon — and what members saw was staggering growth. With a record-breaking fall enrollment projected at nearly 23,000, the school...
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Although the H1N1 virus isn’t the dangerous swine flu initially feared, Guilford County health and school officials have met to plan for what they expect will be back-to-school outbreaks of the illness. “It is not gone,” said Connie Jone...
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Children who get new school clothes as part of the Greensboro YMCA’s Bright Beginnings program aren’t the only ones who come away happy after the shopping trip.“It’s a wonderful experience because the volunteer gets out of it at le...
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August 17, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — The number of administrators at University of North Carolina system schools has grown 28 percent in the past five years, faster than the growth of teaching positions or student enrollment, a newspaper analysis shows.The News & Obs...
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August 16, 2009
I would like to know just what exactly the Guilford County School system supplies to teachers so that they can provide students with a free education. The school supply list seems to grow each year. — Anonymous Yours is a common question...
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August 14, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools' administrative offices will return to normal operating hours Monday.During the summer, administrative offices stayed open later Monday through Thursday but closed at 11:30 a.m. on Fridays.Regular office hours wi...
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CHAPEL HILL — As campuses across the UNC system cut jobs and slash budgets, UNC President Erskine Bowles said Friday the state budget reductions could have been much worse. “This is the toughest economic environment of my lifetime,” Bowl...
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GREENSBORO — As a high school student, Anna Brady felt more comfortable on the basketball court than cheering on the sidelines. But the Grimsley High principal has found herself trying to raise school spirit in recent days, hitting a few three......
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GREENSBORO — Students might not return to Oak Ridge Elementary until at least after Christmas. School system officials confirmed this week they have extended a lease with Oak Ridge Military Academy from three to five months. Angelo Kidd, the regiona...
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August 13, 2009
GREENSBORO — Chancellor Harold Martin gathered N.C. A&T staff and faculty together Wednesday for the beginning of what he called “a very frank discussion.” After the crowd gave the traditional call of “Aggie Pride,” Marti...
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GREENSBORO — The Guilford County school board moved forward on several key issues this week, including naming the county’s second special education school. The school, under way in Jamestown, will be known as the Meredith Leigh Haynes–Be...
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August 12, 2009
JAMESTOWN (MCT) — A new special education school at Jamestown will bear two names.The Guilford County Board of Education voted Tuesday to name the $18 million school to be built on the Jamestown Middle School campus after the late Meredith Leigh Hay...
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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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