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…

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…

Two local residents have emerged as challengers in elections that seemed, after the March Democratic primary, to be all but over. Wayne County Board of Elections officials confirmed Wednesday afternoon that Tina Arnder and Kenneth Coley have fulfilled the requirements…

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…

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…

After a several month back and forth, Bevan Foster was vindicated by state elections officials Friday afternoon. During an appeal of the Wayne County Board of Elections July 7 decision that validated a protest of the election of the former…

Wayne County Public Schools released its Plan B school reopening strategy Thursday evening. And while WCPS acknowledges that the plan is still “evolving” and is “subject to change,” Assistant Superintendent Tamara Berman-Ishee said it was important to provide “as much…

Despite Wayne County Public School Interim Superintendent Dr. James Merrill making it clear that he and his team were not prepared to offer a clear path forward for a Plan B school reopening decision to be made during Monday’s Board…