Category: News

Write-ins emerge to take on Foster, Coram in November
August 5, 2020 2 Responses

Write-ins emerge to take on Foster, Coram in November

Two local residents have emerged as challengers in elections that seemed, after the March Democratic primary, to be all but over. Wayne County Board of Elections officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Tina Arnder and Kenneth Coley have fulfilled the requirements...
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WCPS employee tests positive for COVID
August 4, 2020 10 Responses

WCPS employee tests positive for COVID

A Wayne County Public Schools Maintenance Department employee has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been in contact with Central Office staff and other members of the Maintenance Department before he became aware he had the virus, according to several...
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Henderson: WCPS should implement Plan C for first nine weeks
August 3, 2020 8 Responses

Henderson: WCPS should implement Plan C for first nine weeks

The Wayne County Board of Education voted to recess its regular monthly meeting Monday as Hurricane Isaias barreled toward the North Carolina coast — but not before one board member made a pitch to change the school’s reopening plan. Len...
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State Board of Elections: Foster is valid winner of District 3 Democratic Primary
July 31, 2020 No Responses

State Board of Elections: Foster is valid winner of District 3 Democratic Primary

After a several month back and forth, Bevan Foster was vindicated by state elections officials Friday afternoon. During an appeal of the Wayne County Board of Elections July 7 decision that validated a protest of the election of the former...
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WCPS releases Plan B details
July 30, 2020 one Response

WCPS releases Plan B details

Wayne County Public Schools released its Plan B school reopening strategy Thursday evening. And while WCPS acknowledges that the plan is still “evolving” and is “subject to change,” Assistant Superintendent Tamara Berman-Ishee said it was important to ...
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School Board picks Plan B despite questions, concerns voiced by leadership team
July 20, 2020 22 Responses

School Board picks Plan B despite questions, concerns voiced by leadership team

Despite Wayne County Public School Interim Superintendent Dr. James Merrill making it clear that he and his team were not prepared to offer a clear path forward for a Plan B school reopening decision to be made during Monday’s Board...
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NON survey: Some support in-person instruction, but many WCPS teachers have serious questions, concerns about Plan B reopening
July 18, 2020 2 Responses

NON survey: Some support in-person instruction, but many WCPS teachers have serious questions, concerns about Plan B reopening

More than 170 Wayne County educators, several bus drivers, a handful of cafeteria workers and a member of the Central Office administrative team told the New Old North they are afraid to return to school this fall. Some of their...
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WCPS denies decision has been made after assistant superintendent says “we’re going to do Plan B.”
July 18, 2020 15 Responses

WCPS denies decision has been made after assistant superintendent says “we’re going to do Plan B.”

A Wayne County Public Schools spokesman is denying a report by a local media organization Saturday that the district has already chosen and is moving forward with Plan B — the state’s hybrid back-to-school model. Ken Derksen said this morning...
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Team Goldsboro founder answers council meeting criticism of PAC
July 15, 2020 No Responses

Team Goldsboro founder answers council meeting criticism of PAC

Several city residents and a member of the Goldsboro City Council took aim at a local political action committee during the council’s Monday meeting — alleging the group is “racist,” reflects poorly on the city and is run, in part,...
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N.C. governor chooses ‘Plan B,’ schools limited to 50% occupancy under hybrid reopening model
July 14, 2020 one Response

N.C. governor chooses ‘Plan B,’ schools limited to 50% occupancy under hybrid reopening model

Gov. Roy Cooper announced moments ago that North Carolina schools would open under a hybrid model — or, Plan B, as it is called in the Department of Public Instruction’s “Lighting Our Way Forward: North Carolina’s Guidebook for Reopening Public...
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