The Wayne County Board of Education has decided to send students in kindergarten through fifth grade back to school under Plan A — full-time face to face — come January. Board member Jennifer Strickland made the motion at the board’s…
School Board to Central Office: Make Plan A happen for K-5
The Wayne County Board of Education voted 5-2 to direct Central Office staff to find a way to make Plan A happen for K-5 by the beginning of second semester. Under the plan, those students who opt in will attend…
Goldsboro’s HUD funding in jeopardy
Goldsboro City Manager Tim Salmon told key city staff and members of the City Council Friday that funding from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development will likely be suspended. The move by HUD would be the latest repercussion…
Is the School Board about to make another bad decision?
Sometimes, you just can’t wait and see what is going to happen. Sometimes, you have to speak up before the deed goes down — just in case you can talk some sense into someone. And that is the case when…
City misses audit deadline … again
Despite assuring the Office of the State Treasurer that its long overdue 2018-19 audit would be submitted by November 30, the city of Goldsboro has still not handed over the financial documents to state officials. Officials at City Hall also…
School board members want more in-person instruction for high school students
Members of the Wayne County Board of Education have asked high school principals to figure out what it would take to put more students in face-to-face learning come January. But administrators and Central Office personnel say no decision or firm…
Goldsboro finance director defends costly 2019 audit mishap
Less than three weeks after they were informed that the city has had its bond rating withdrawn, more than $600,000 in grant funds frozen and is not currently eligible to borrow money, Goldsboro City Council members discussed what triggered those…
State Housing Finance Agency freezes funds for Goldsboro
The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency notified City Manager Tim Salmon in September that it was freezing funds that would typically find their way into Goldsboro coffers. In a Sept. 17 letter obtained by the New Old North, Michael Handley,…
Merrill: WCPS exploring opening school on Seymour Johnson
Interim Superintendent Dr. James Merrill announced during Thursday’s Board of Education meeting that Wayne County Public Schools is exploring the possibility of opening a school on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. The school would be “jointly attended by children of…
Check your list twice, right here at home
I have been on a secret mission for the past couple of weeks. I, like all of you, have been watching the toll the pandemic has been taking on local, small businesses. Many of them are struggling to keep their…