At an emergency meeting held at 8 p.m. Friday August 14, Pender County Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven Hill recommended schools have a soft opening under Plan C to transition into normal schooling.
The YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina is offering a new Extended Learning Program in three counties beginning this fall for students enrolled in virtual learning.
A complaint was filed Monday in Wake County Superior Court by Wilmington law firm, Shipman and Wright on behalf of University of North Carolina (UNC) faculty and staff.
New Hanover County (NHC) Board of Commissioners approved funding Monday to provide financial relief for families needing child care or housing assistance because of hardship from COVID-19.
The Board of Directors of Brigade Boys & Girls Club decided to extend open hours at its Youth and Teen Center locations to help families with remote learning and enrichment activities.
Teachers across the state, including New Hanover county have started a petition with things they’d like to see happen before everybody returns to the classroom.
The Executive Committee of the New Hanover County Republican Party has unanimously voted to submit Tony McGhee’s name as the party’s third candidate for Board of Education in the November 2020 General Election.
Dr. Charles Foust has been named the new superintendent for New Hanover County Schools following a special meeting by the board of education Friday morning.
Regardless of format, New Hanover County Schools Deputy Superintendent LaChawn Smith says the district is obligated to and committed to providing a high quality learning experience that will allow all students to thrive.
Five of the non-traditional and year-round schools begin the new school year August 4; the other two start August 6. Each of these schools has a plan for open house and orientation.
At an interim meeting held Tuesday evening, Board of Education members considered a switch to reopening New Hanover County Schools under Plan C—virtual learning—for the first grading period.
The rise in coronavirus cases has school systems across the Cape Fear starting their semesters with remote learning. But students will be in back in classrooms one day, and Cape Fear Communities in Schools wants them to be prepared when they do.
Students won’t be in the classroom to start the school year in Brunswick County but could their classes be at your business? Brunswick County Schools is reaching out to business owners who have internet connectivity that could help students without a reliable WiFi connection.
Students at University of North Carolina system schools won't get a break on tuition or fees this year if the coronavirus forces campuses to return to online classes.
New Hanover County Board of Education announced an interim meeting to be held Tuesday, July 28; the posted agenda indicated a possible change to Plan C—virtual learning—for the first nine weeks.
A research report from a group of UNC-Chapel Hill Public Policy students and recent alumni found North Carolina schools were largely underprepared for the return of school.
Brunswick County Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday to start the upcoming school year with 100% online learning for the first four- and one-half weeks.
Each school district in the Cape Fear asked for feedback. Now that Gov. Cooper has made a decision, the school systems will access and make final decisions.
Due to an “extremely high level of interest,” New Hanover County Schools has extended the deadline to submit feedback on the three proposed reopening plans for the upcoming 2020-2021 academic year.
UNCW officials have issued a statement in response to new guidelines for International students issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week.
While awaiting guidance from Governor Roy Cooper about school instruction for the fall, New Hanover County Schools (NHCS) is seeking input about Plans A, B and C.
After repeatedly refusing to provide itemized bills for the college’s legal expenses, insisting the bills from their attorney were protected by attorney-client privilege, CFCC changed course and gave those documents to WECT at the end of June.
More than 1,400 residents were apparently surveyed between June 24 and June 25 as Cooper and state leaders work to make a decision on reopening public K-12 schools.
University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) announced July 1 the spring Class of 2020 commencement ceremonies have been postponed until December following the extension of North Carolina’s Safer at Home Phase 2.
Gov. Roy Cooper signed one bill into law Friday that will give teachers a small bonus this year and another that gives judges more leeway to decide drug trafficking sentences.
The Carolina Panthers Player Impact Committee and Lenovo announced they have partnered with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to help schools in need.
The Faculty Senate at UNCW says it is “heartened” after discussions with the university’s leaders as it looks to “improve campus life for black students, faculty, and staff as well as students, faculty and staff of color,” according to a statement released Wednesday morning.
Some students still aren’t convinced that UNCW’s Chancellor understands the Black Lives Matter movement, after his response to the African-American student population.
WECT got a tour of the new and improved design. The square footage of the main school building more than doubled during this renovation, with second story addition that added about 17,000 square feet to the school building. 12 new classrooms will be ready for students in the fall.
As petitions continue to circulate and a Facebook group urges the New Hanover County Board of Education to reconsider hosting drive-in graduation ceremonies next week, survey results show what approximately 1,500 students and parents requested from the district.
Some viewed the now-tenured professor as untouchable because of first amendment protections of his free speech, but new questions about claims on Adams’ resume may be his undoing.
Details have been released for the New Hanover County Schools (NHCS) drive-in graduation ceremonies to be held at Cape Fear Community College North Campus during the week of June 15-19.
A task force formed to develop options for traditional New Hanover County high school graduation celebrations amid the COVID-19 pandemic has recommended drive-in or drive-through ceremonies, according to material prepared for the New Hanover County Board of Education’s meeting Tuesday night.
New Hanover County Schools’ Grab and Go meal service, which started on March 16 due to COVID-19 school closures, will transition to an expanded version of the district’s summer food service program later this month.
Plans were approved Friday by the Pender County Board of Education for Pender’s Class of 2020 high school students to celebrate with a student-focused graduation.
CFCC has repeatedly refused to disclose itemized legal bills, or to explain the surge in expenses, saying the bills are protected by attorney-client privilege. Public records law experts say otherwise.
The NHCS calendar committee, along with parents from Snipes Academy and Freeman elementary participated in a town hall about the upcoming school calendar, Tuesday.
The class of 2020 at South Brunswick High School are being honored along the Cape Fear River in Southport. Friday morning, the staff at the school assembled a display of the graduates pictures along the riverfront on the Garrison lawn.
