Financial consultant Aaron Beaulieu hinted to the Wayne County Board of Education Monday that the school district is not serving enough meals to support its Child Nutrition budget for the 2020-21 school year — and warned that WCPS did not…
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…
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…
From simple beginnings to the chairman’s gavel, Ray Mayo never forgot his faith or his values
Ray Mayo was someone whose roots ran deep. He was the son of farmers — a mother and father who worked hard and taught their son to do the same. Salt of the earth. That’s what they called them. It…
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 said. “We…
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…
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 identified…
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 implementation of Gov. Roy…
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,…
Stop spinning and start planning, before it’s too late
In January 2012, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta proposed a round of military base closures, arguing that the Pentagon needed to consolidate to save money. And while Congress did not ultimately authorize the measure — the result, many believe, of politicians’…