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” —…
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, due in…
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…
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…
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…
Teaching position cuts, increased class sizes likely coming, but Central Office leadership not on chopping block
Wayne County Public Schools’ temporary — and as of June 26 interim — superintendent has delivered the first results from the district’s efforts to unravel its nearly $5 million deficit. And on the list of solutions are more students in…
Years of consultants, audits, warning signs not enough to raise a red flag. Really?
We have thrown a lot of numbers at you lately in our coverage of the financial mess that is Wayne County Public Schools. And some of them have been pretty shocking. So, it would be understandable that in the face…
Consultant who helped restructure WCPS Finance Department before the $5 million deficit is back to help “fix” district books again
A partner in the consulting firm that worked on a “project-to-project basis” with Wayne County Public Schools from 2016 to 2019 — a man credited, by former WCPS superintendent Dr. Michael Dunsmore, with helping “to train our finance officer” and…
As deficit grew, WCPS paid $125,000 more for legal services than Wayne County, $330,000 more than Goldsboro
Over the first nine months of 2019-20, Wayne County Public Schools paid its out-of-town law firm about $125,000 more than the Wayne County government spent during the same timeframe on the salaries and benefits for its three-person legal team —…
Don’t be fooled by the excuses and high fives. The hits just keep on coming. And trust us, there’s more.
Well … It seems the chairman of the Wayne County Board of Education is not too happy with us. Chris West said he doesn’t read what we write. But boy, during and after Thursday’s school board meeting it sure seemed…