Category: News/Crime

N.C. governor chooses ‘Plan B,’ schools limited to 50% occupancy under hybrid reopening model
July 14, 2020 one Response

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...
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WCPS spent $200,000-plus on financial consulting just before 4-year slide
July 8, 2020 13 Responses

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...
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Attorney: Foster will appeal Wayne board’s decision
July 8, 2020 No Responses

Attorney: Foster will appeal Wayne board’s decision

In a news release, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice announced that former Goldsboro City Councilman and mayoral candidate Bevan Foster would appeal a decision handed down Tuesday by the Wayne County Board of Elections. The board voted 3-2 to...
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BREAKING NEWS: Board of Elections rules against Foster, sends case back to state officials for ‘corrective action’
July 7, 2020 2 Responses

BREAKING NEWS: Board of Elections rules against Foster, sends case back to state officials for ‘corrective action’

In a 3-2 vote, the Wayne County Board of Elections ruled against former Goldsboro City Councilman and mayoral candidate Bevan Foster Tuesday morning after an evidentiary hearing ordered last week by state officials. The hearing represented the latest chapter i...
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Meeting minutes show School Board, chairman knew about mounting financial crisis long before audit bombshell
July 1, 2020 15 Responses

Meeting minutes show School Board, chairman knew about mounting financial crisis long before audit bombshell

Wayne County Public Schools’ former finance officer and former superintendent repeatedly warned Board of Education members that the district’s finances were in disarray, according to School Board and Finance Committee meeting minutes obtained by the Ne...
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WCPS parents urged to complete Remote Learning Survey
June 30, 2020 No Responses

WCPS parents urged to complete Remote Learning Survey

The day after Central Office staff told members of the Wayne County Board of Education that only roughly 5% of WCPS parents completed a recent Remote Learning Survey that board vice chairman Jennifer Strickland characterized as a “bad survey” —.....
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Consultant: WCPS overspent on teachers, contract services and supplements for years as fund balance declined
June 30, 2020 9 Responses

Consultant: WCPS overspent on teachers, contract services and supplements for years as fund balance declined

Here are some of the highlights from School Operations Specialists president Aaron Beaulieu’s presentation to the Board of Education Monday evening. Our complete report follows: • The district has a $1,812,630.53 positive balance in its accounts for now, d...
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Non-traditional school teachers due back July 31, traditional school teachers will return Aug. 10
June 29, 2020 No Responses

Non-traditional school teachers due back July 31, traditional school teachers will return Aug. 10

Under a revised calendar approved Monday evening by the Wayne County Board of Education, teachers at non-traditional schools will be asked to return to work July 31. The day is a regular workday, meaning teachers can opt out of going...
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Breaking News: State Board of Elections grants appeal in challenge of Foster’s primary victory
June 29, 2020 2 Responses

Breaking News: State Board of Elections grants appeal in challenge of Foster’s primary victory

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...
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NAACP to call for removal of Aycock’s name from Wayne County high school
June 28, 2020 35 Responses

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...
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