Before we get started, here’s a trigger warning: No, this is not going to be a kumbaya, hand-holding, let’s all just get along, time for positivity commentary. And here’s why: Now we know — and judging from the volume of…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
There are many factors to consider as WCPS braces for Cooper’s reopening decision
We could have written a simple, hard news story about Monday’s regular meeting of the Wayne County Board of Education. If we were to write that report, it could be summarized in one simple, yet ironically still complicated, statement —…
They knew.
They knew. And he knew. Those are five powerful — and infuriating — words. Here are a few more. The majority of the Wayne County Board of Education talked about the deficit and worrisome expenses in certain categories like contract…
WCPS spent $200,000-plus on financial consulting just before 4-year slide
Wayne County Public Schools spent more than $200,000 on consulting projects tied to its Finance and Human Resources departments the year the district’s fund balance began its slide from a $7 million surplus to a $2.4 million deficit. A New…
Other counties get that Plan B is a problem. WCPS needs to change course before it’s too late.
If you have been following the Wayne County Board of Education’s recent decision to begin the school year on the state’s hybrid Plan B, you also are aware that the 5-2 vote has caused a bit of unrest among teachers,…