November 21, 2009
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...
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November 20, 2009
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...
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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...
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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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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......
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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 . The...
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November 17, 2009
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...
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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...
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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.Perdue spoke briefly to a group of Grimsley High School students gathered by the school in the computer lab t...
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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...
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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. Chehaitli said neither...
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November 13, 2009
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...
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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...
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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. The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it will begin accep...
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November 12, 2009
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...
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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...
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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
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...
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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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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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November 10, 2009
GREENSBORO - Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has canceled two talks in Greensboro on Wednesday to be at her ailing husband's side, according to officials at the Elon University School of Law. O'Connor, who was the nation's first fem...
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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 9, 2009
What: Guilford County Board of Education meeting When: 6 p.m. Tuesday Where: Boardroom of the Guilford County Schools administrative office, 712 N. Eugene St., Greensboro. On TV: Guilford County school board meetings are broadcast live on GCS Cable Channe...
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November 8, 2009
UNCG and N.C. A&T will host a groundbreaking Monday for their Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.A story in Sunday's News & Record did not state the correct date for the event.UNC President Erskine Bowles and N.C. House Speaker Joe Ha...
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Al Armstrong, a technician at Kimberly-Clark of Lexington, holds up a Ziploc bag full of water. “What will happen if I stick a pencil through here?” he asks a room full of attentive Millis Road Elementary School students. The responses are typ...
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