Category: News

Millions in cuts already made, but more are coming as WCPS mends budget woes
October 6, 2020 3 Responses

Millions in cuts already made, but more are coming as WCPS mends budget woes

Wayne County Public Schools’ interim superintendent and a financial operations consultant have gotten the district’s 2020-21 budget in line — and come up with a preliminary 2021-22 spending plan that does not include the across-the-board reduction in force or cuts...
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COVID cluster forces closure of Brogden Primary
October 6, 2020 No Responses

COVID cluster forces closure of Brogden Primary

Wayne County Public Schools has moved Brogden Primary to Plan C — full remote instruction — for the next two weeks, as eight COVID-19 cases “impacting the school” have been reported since Sept. 29. Four of those cases were reported...
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County Commission Chairman Ray Mayo passes
October 2, 2020 No Responses

County Commission Chairman Ray Mayo passes

Wayne County officials confirmed that Ray Mayo, chairman of the Board of Commissioners, passed away Thursday evening. Fellow commissioner Wayne Aycock said that Mayo’s death is a tremendous loss for the county. “He was a good man,” Aycock sai...
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Air Force report gives WCPS a failing grade
October 1, 2020 10 Responses

Air Force report gives WCPS a failing grade

The first of what will be an annual study conducted by the Department of the Air Force has revealed that of the 154 school districts that serve the children of airmen across the nation, Wayne County Public Schools is among...
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NCDHHS: Wayne Christian has biggest COVID cluster in the state
September 29, 2020 No Responses

NCDHHS: Wayne Christian has biggest COVID cluster in the state

Less than two weeks after Wayne Christian School officials confirmed a move to all-virtual instruction after “two, unrelated members of the of the WCS family” tested positive for COVID-19, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has iden...
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School Board: No Plan A until second semester
September 23, 2020 2 Responses

School Board: No Plan A until second semester

Wayne County Public Schools needs answers — and quickly — about whether parents will be sending their elementary-age students back to face-to-face instruction. The Board of Education discussed during its special meeting Wednesday afternoon the potential im...
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School Board: No Plan A until at least Oct. 20
September 23, 2020 No Responses

School Board: No Plan A until at least Oct. 20

The Wayne County Board of Education is currently meeting in a special session to discuss Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to allow local school districts to move K-5 students into Plan A — and has already determined that if WCPS does,...
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Council: Floyd mural? Yes. Reparations? No.
September 21, 2020 4 Responses

Council: Floyd mural? Yes. Reparations? No.

The Goldsboro City Council approved the installation of a George Floyd mural at the T.C. Coley Community Center, but dismissed a reparations resolution introduced earlier this month by former councilman and mayoral candidate Bevan Foster. The mural, which was ...
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As WCPS budget woes continue, Dunsmore named finalist for Florida superintendent post
September 20, 2020 6 Responses

As WCPS budget woes continue, Dunsmore named finalist for Florida superintendent post

The same day Wayne County Public Schools interim superintendent Dr. James Merrill told every principal in the district that serious cuts were coming — and that nothing, including staff positions and teacher supplements, was safe from the chopping block —.....
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Merrill: WCPS has to “analyze local implications” of potential move to Plan A for elementary schools
September 18, 2020 2 Responses

Merrill: WCPS has to “analyze local implications” of potential move to Plan A for elementary schools

Gov. Roy Cooper paved the way Thursday for the Wayne County Board of Education to move forward with a Plan A reopening for elementary school students — a decision that could come at the board’s October meeting, if not sooner....
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