Nearly three weeks after the Wayne County Board of Elections dismissed a protest from a group of Goldsboro residents who challenged Bevan Foster’s primary victory in the Democratic race for the Board of Commissioners District 3 seat, the State Board…
NAACP to call for removal of Aycock’s name from Wayne County high school
The Goldsboro-Wayne branch of the NAACP is gearing up for a showdown, if necessary, with the Wayne County Board of Education, as the organization prepares a campaign to have controversial North Carolina Gov. Charles B. Aycock’s name removed from a…
Teaching position cuts, increased class sizes likely coming, but Central Office leadership not on chopping block
Wayne County Public Schools’ temporary — and as of June 26 interim — superintendent has delivered the first results from the district’s efforts to unravel its nearly $5 million deficit. And on the list of solutions are more students in…
Years of consultants, audits, warning signs not enough to raise a red flag. Really?
We have thrown a lot of numbers at you lately in our coverage of the financial mess that is Wayne County Public Schools. And some of them have been pretty shocking. So, it would be understandable that in the face…
Consultant who helped restructure WCPS Finance Department before the $5 million deficit is back to help “fix” district books again
A partner in the consulting firm that worked on a “project-to-project basis” with Wayne County Public Schools from 2016 to 2019 — a man credited, by former WCPS superintendent Dr. Michael Dunsmore, with helping “to train our finance officer” and…
As deficit grew, WCPS paid $125,000 more for legal services than Wayne County, $330,000 more than Goldsboro
Over the first nine months of 2019-20, Wayne County Public Schools paid its out-of-town law firm about $125,000 more than the Wayne County government spent during the same timeframe on the salaries and benefits for its three-person legal team —…
WCPS: Consulting firm with ties to auditor worked “project to project” with district since 2016, but details and paper trail are M.I.A.
A New Old North records request has revealed that a consulting firm that employs — or has employed — former high-level local and state school officials with connections to Wayne County Public Schools has been working with WCPS since 2016….
Questions are fine, but don’t forget the value of fighting for SJAFB
When there are major questions about a local board charged with taking care of the public interest, there tend to be questions raised about others. So, it is not out of line for Goldsboro City Council members Brandi Matthews and…
Tempers flare as council members spar over budget, proposed audit, lobbyists
One Goldsboro City Council member didn’t vote to approve the budget because it did not include funding for a forensic audit of the city’s books. Another took exception to what he characterized as a tax hike disguised as a 17.5%…
Don’t be fooled by the excuses and high fives. The hits just keep on coming. And trust us, there’s more.
Well … It seems the chairman of the Wayne County Board of Education is not too happy with us. Chris West said he doesn’t read what we write. But boy, during and after Thursday’s school board meeting it sure seemed…