Author: Renee Carey

Renee Carey has been an award-winning writer, editor and commentator in community newspaper markets for nearly 25 years. An Ohio native, she began her journalism career in high school, deciding then that storytelling was her calling. She honed her craft at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, earning a degree in journalism from the Honors Tutorial College. Since then, she has spent her career telling people's stories, commenting on politics and life and teaching others how to do the same — an avocation that has introduced her to thousands of people who have inspired her and taught her many lessons about integrity, courage, faith and happiness. Mrs. Carey resides in North Carolina with her husband and two dogs, Rush and Beau. You can reach her at rcarey@newoldnorth.com

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 implementation of Gov. Roy...

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,...

September 17, 2020 15 Responses

WCPS employee: Request to take Trump flag off truck violated right to free speech

Brandon Brock was not upset that he was asked to remove the flag on the back of his truck because of the message it represented. “Trump 2020” is what he believes in — supporting the president’s re-election and his administration...

September 16, 2020 6 Responses

Merrill is about to drop another budget bombshell

Twenty-four hours after the Wayne County Board of Commissioners roasted the Board of Education for what they characterized as years of financial inattention and mismanagement — and marveled at the board’s incredibly poor decisions regarding contracts, Inte...

September 15, 2020 No Responses

Commissioners slam Board of Education for deficit, lack of financial oversight

The Wayne County Board of Commissioners agreed to allow Wayne County Public Schools some flexibility in how it will use locally provided facilities funds in the coming year, but not without asking some tough financial questions — including why nobody...

September 14, 2020 3 Responses

Merrill offers ‘early warning’ as another WCPS budget shortfall looms

Wayne County Public Schools’ interim superintendent told members of the Board of Education that he remains concerned about the district’s budget — and hinted that cuts might still be necessary — at the tail end of the board’s regularly scheduled...

September 13, 2020 4 Responses

$1.5 million WCPS attorney failed to prevent repeated policy violations

Despite all the money local taxpayers have coughed up to a firm that specializes in education law, a recent review of its stint in Wayne County has left us with one conclusion: It’s time for the Wayne County Board of...

September 13, 2020 No Responses

Where I’ve been … since many of you have been there

I have been out of the loop for a couple of weeks, and many of you have noticed. And since we are now friends, I’d like to tell you why. I said goodbye to my mom last Thursday. Many of...

August 28, 2020 9 Responses

Despite requests from principals, district leaders, board denies Plan B delay

For the first several hours of a five-hour special meeting of the Wayne County Board of Education, Central Office leaders unwrapped their respective departments’ progress ahead of the district’s planned reopening. These are some of the highlights from thei...

August 28, 2020 23 Responses

After a series of split votes, WCPS moving forward with Plan B

A series of split votes left the Wayne County Board of Education without an updated school reopening plan — and, instead, married to its August decision to send students back to campuses beginning next week. For more detail on the...

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