School Board: No Plan A until second semester

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...
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School Board: No Plan A until at least Oct. 20

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

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...
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Merrill is about to drop another budget bombshell

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

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

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...
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$1.5 million WCPS attorney failed to prevent repeated policy violations

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

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

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

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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