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

August 19, 2020 4 Responses

WCPS: COVID exposure possible on WSE and Edgewood campuses

COVID-19 has found its way onto two more Wayne County Public Schools campuses. In a news release issued this afternoon, the district said individuals who have tested positive for the virus were at Wayne School of Engineering and Edgewood Community...

August 18, 2020 9 Responses

Our view: It’s time for WCPS to pump the brakes on reopening plan

We would love to tell you that when your children returned to school Monday, everything was ready to go. We would like to share with you the challenges the district has faced since teachers returned to campuses last week —...

August 18, 2020 No Responses

Third COVID-19 infection IDed on WCPS campus. This time, students were there.

For the third time in less than a week, an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 has been traced to a Wayne County Public Schools campus. This time, however, the district publicly acknowledged the exposure and notified the community...

August 15, 2020 No Responses

Carver Elementary staff notified of exposure to person with COVID

For the second time in 24 hours, staff members at a Wayne County elementary school have been notified of exposure to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19. In an email obtained by the New Old North, Carver Elementary...

August 13, 2020 5 Responses

“Individual” with COVID was on Meadow Lane campus Thursday

Meadow Lane Elementary School staff have been notified that they might have been exposed to COVID-19 on campus. Principal Wendy Hooks sent an email to MLE staff Thursday after many of them had left for the day, advising them of...

August 6, 2020 2 Responses

WCPS does not have enough computers for an effective September Plan B restart

Wayne County Public Schools will not have enough devices to meet the needs of the 7,000 students who have signed up for the district’s state-mandated Virtual Academy and the 10,000 others who are set to return under the state’s Plan...

August 5, 2020 12 Responses

West, Strickland spar over how long WCPS should stay in Plan C before 4-2 vote to begin school with 3 weeks of remote instruction

With 7,000 students enrolled in Wayne County Public Schools’ state-mandated Virtual Academy, the district does not have enough devices to facilitate all-remote instruction and the Plan B school reopening model at the same time — and won’t until at least....

August 5, 2020 4 Responses

District will start in Plan C

A lack of devices for students and insufficient training time for staff were among the factors that led the Wayne County Board of Education to vote to begin the WCPS school year in Plan C — or all remote learning...

August 4, 2020 10 Responses

WCPS employee tests positive for COVID

A Wayne County Public Schools Maintenance Department employee has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been in contact with Central Office staff and other members of the Maintenance Department before he became aware he had the virus, according to several...

August 3, 2020 8 Responses

Henderson: WCPS should implement Plan C for first nine weeks

The Wayne County Board of Education voted to recess its regular monthly meeting Monday as Hurricane Isaias barreled toward the North Carolina coast — but not before one board member made a pitch to change the school’s reopening plan. Len...

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