More than 170 Wayne County educators, several bus drivers, a handful of cafeteria workers and a member of the Central Office administrative team told the New Old North they are afraid to return to school this fall. Some of their…
WCPS denies decision has been made after assistant superintendent says “we’re going to do Plan B.”
A Wayne County Public Schools spokesman is denying a report by a local media organization Saturday that the district has already chosen and is moving forward with Plan B — the state’s hybrid back-to-school model. Ken Derksen said this morning…
Team Goldsboro founder answers council meeting criticism of PAC
Several city residents and a member of the Goldsboro City Council took aim at a local political action committee during the council’s Monday meeting — alleging the group is “racist,” reflects poorly on the city and is run, in part,…
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…
They knew.
They knew. And he knew. Those are five powerful — and infuriating — words. Here are a few more. The majority of the Wayne County Board of Education talked about the deficit and worrisome expenses in certain categories like contract…
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…
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…
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 in…
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 New Old North. In fact,…
There are many factors to consider as WCPS braces for Cooper’s reopening decision
We could have written a simple, hard news story about Monday’s regular meeting of the Wayne County Board of Education. If we were to write that report, it could be summarized in one simple, yet ironically still complicated, statement —…