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November 26, 2009

Rockingham schools officials hold out for better construction loan

Rockingham County officials hoped to lock in a no-interest loan by the end of the year to help pay for the construction of a $14.5 million replacement for Douglass Elementary School in Eden. But a dearth of lender interest and a looming deadline motivated... Read More

November 25, 2009

Winston-Salem principal suspended

WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Meadowlark Elementary Principal Ann Aust has been suspended without pay and schools Superintendent Don Martin is asking that she be fired.Martin said that his decision was based on an internal investigation and didn't involve s... Read More

School boards may owe charter schools millions

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina public school leaders are reworking their budgets after a court ruling that could force them to pay charter schools millions of dollars.The state Supreme Court this month refused to review an appeals court ruling that s... Read More

November 23, 2009

Retired Eastern Guilford High teacher publishes book on McLeansville history

MCLEANSVILLE — When Helen Paisley Sockwell began gathering stories and information from McLeansville residents almost seven years ago, she thought she was just compiling a church history. But what began as a project for Mt. Pleasant United Methodis... Read More

Children explore the sounds and smells of the forest

WHITSETT — The students had just begun shuffling along the leaf-covered trail when 9-year-old Austin Driver spoke up. “I found something! I found a track,” he said, the excitement in his voice encouraging the eight other children to hudd... Read More

Smiles return with officers

GREENSBORO — On the night of Friday the 13th, thieves stole seven smiles from Room 404 at Gillespie Park Elementary School. They took them right off the faces of third- and fourth-graders — all special needs students — who arrived to Sus... Read More

November 21, 2009

N.C. A&T approves tuition, fee increase

GREENSBORO — The $110 tuition increase N.C. A&T’s Board of Trustees approved Friday for undergraduates — and the General Assembly’s legislated increase earlier this year — carry a similar financial impact for students, Ch... Read More

November 20, 2009

Elon poll finds N.C. residents like electing judges

RALEIGH (AP) — A poll says North Carolina residents like electing their judges, but some are open to letting an independent commission appoint them.The Elon University Poll released Friday found more than two-thirds of those polled say they support... Read More

Tuition may rise $254 for UNCG students

GREENSBORO — UNCG undergraduates might not be thrilled about the prospect of paying an additional $254 in tuition and fees — but it could have been much worse, school officials suggested Thursday. Administrators noted that, facing a dire budge... Read More

Chief, sheriff back Tasers in schools

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... Read More

A warm bowl of caring

GREENSBORO — The Rev. Frank Dew opened Greensboro Urban Ministry’s annual Feast of Caring Thursday evening by blessing the food and thanking the attendees who would “help the least, the last and the left out.” “We pray, God...... Read More

November 19, 2009

Meeting eases some parents’ minds about autism wings

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 . The... Read More

November 17, 2009

Parent meeting to discuss autism wings

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. The three wings were approved as part of the 2008 school construction bond. The classrooms wer... Read More

High Point to discuss using Tasers in schools

HIGH POINT — Local law enforcement officials will participate in a town hall-style discussion regarding using Tasers in public schools.The event is sponsored by the High Point Human Relations Department and YWCA of High Point as part of its Front Po... Read More

Governor talks up college applications

GREENSBORO — Gov. Bev Perdue stopped in Greensboro on Monday to kick off a statewide push to get high school seniors to apply for college.Perdue spoke briefly to a group of Grimsley High School students gathered by the school in the computer lab t... Read More

A journey toward healing

GREENSBORO — The memories are often too painful for the students at Doris Henderson Newcomers School. So, a few stop by to see Angel Katona. There, they cry. Or they sit and stare off into space. Or sometimes, they listen to Katona read them a poem... Read More

November 16, 2009

No kids hurt in bus accident

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. Chehaitli said neither... Read More

November 13, 2009

N.C. principal retires after cash-for-grades blunder

GOLDSBORO (AP) — A North Carolina principal has decided to retire after school district leaders halted the cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved.Wayne County Public Schools said Friday that Rosewood Middle School principal Susie Shepherd has gone... Read More

Sheriff, chief say they won’t remove Tasers

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. “If they are not comfortable with the equipment o... Read More

Grant may play role in teacher pay issue

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. The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it will begin accep... Read More

November 12, 2009

Cash-for-grades fundraiser canceled

GOLDSBORO (MCT) — Selling candy didn't raise much money last year, so a Goldsboro middle school tried selling grades.However, the fundraiser came to an abrupt halt Wednesday after a story in The News & Observer raised concerns about the practice... Read More

Board rethinks southeast school location

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... Read More

Plans may change for autism classrooms

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools officials want the district to change its plans for construction of new classrooms and facilities for students who are autistic. Officials with the district’s exceptional education department asked the scho... Read More

November 11, 2009

New school fundraiser: Selling grades for cash

GOLDSBORO (AP) — A middle school is selling grades to students to raise money for the school.The News & Observer of Raleigh reported today that Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro has come up with a novel fundraising plan after last year's choco... Read More

School board opts not to extend option for southeast school property

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... Read More