To help reduce the spread on COVID-19, UNCW will have an extended winter break in lieu of spring break with classes beginning on Wednesday January 20, 2021.
Dr. Susan Graziano, current principal at Penderlea School, will join the Topsail High as an assistant principal while Topsail High assistant principal Fallon Fuller will move to Penderlea School as the interim principal.
The Brunswick County Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously voted to allow students in grades K-5 to return to school for full-time, in-person instruction beginning next month.
New Hanover County (NHC) Board of Education voted to approve the transition to Plan B using an AA/BB model instead of a three-week rotation schedule at a special board meeting Monday night.
The Brunswick County Board of Education (BCBE) announced Friday it will hold a special meeting Tuesday, September 22 at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the options for K-5 students.
The NCDHHS has released that universities and colleges that are following COVID-19 safety protocols can allow two family member spectators per athlete for up to 350 total per event.
Beginning this fall, students can study for an Associate of Science degree in Applied Science Health and Fitness at Cape Fear Community College (CFCC) and can benefit from the newly opened fitness center.
Republican state leaders and a group of parents called for Gov. Roy Cooper (D) to allow full-time, in-person classes Wednesday, citing their concerns about the negative impacts remote learning is having on kids and families.
Candidates running for the New Hanover County Board of Education gathered virtually Tuesday evening in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear, YWCA Lower Cape Fear and the North Carolina Coastal Federation.
President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka started a four state in four day campaign swing today in Wilmington, speaking to a group of 25 invited guests and supporters at Bakery 105 on Orange Street.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded ATMC a $21.6 million grant to help expand high-speed internet access to over 7,000 addresses in rural Pender County.
Students say they are being involuntarily withdrawn from their training program, effectively losing credit for all of their studies up to this point, and still being required to pay for that coursework.
Starting Monday, Sept. 14, New Hanover County Schools will offer expanded meal service at 44 school sites and an additional 28 neighborhood bus delivery sites.
The Pender County Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a name restoration for Burgaw Elementary to C.F. Pope Elementary School at a meeting Tuesday
After exposure to a positive case of COVID-19, students in a kindergarten class and a fourth-grade class at Topsail Elementary School were asked to quarantine, Wednesday, September 2.
Mrs. Cleare, who teaches dance at Snipes Academy of Art & Design in Wilmington, is asking donors to help her students “cure the isolation blues” while they’re at home.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) extended a suite of nationwide waivers Monday August 31 to continue operating summer nutrition programs.
Instead of a hearing scheduled for Friday for the lawsuit against the UNC System, all parties agreed to mediate the matter Wednesday, September 2 with former Court of Appeals Judge Doug McCullough.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) identified two clusters of COVID-19 among students in Pelican Hall and Graham-Hewlett Hall on Thursday, August 27.
Despite persistent concerns from some faculty and staff about his abilities to lead the college, Cape Fear Community College President Jim Morton got a five-year extension on his contract during the most recent Board of Trustees meeting.
Families are still making their adjustments as the new school year gets underway. With the shift to online learning inevitably comes technical difficulties and worries about student safety online.
Leaders at University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) are concerned that some students are ignoring COVID-19 health and safety guidelines and issued a reminder Friday.
Several Hampstead-area students who may have been exposed to an individual with COVID-19 at an off-campus, recreational athletic event have been advised to quarantine at home.
There’s no doubt that back to school is a completely different animal this fall. While many students in New Hanover County are already up and running in their virtual classes, others are still getting geared up for their first day back.
North Carolina’s health secretary says Dr. Anthony Fauci played a big role in them waiting before reopening public schools with fully in-person instruction.
In-person learning will start for students in Pender County on Tuesday, one day later than originally scheduled. School leaders say they postponed because a shipment of Personal Protective Equipment for teachers and staff was late arriving to the county.
West Pender Middle School will stay closed until Thursday, August 20 for additional sanitizing after a contractor with the janitorial service, ABM, tested positive for COVID-19.
Two staff members in the Early Learning and Youth Enrichment Program at the YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear were recently exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 forcing the facility to shut down.
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.
Classrooms will be empty in New Hanover County Schools for the first several weeks as the district chose to keep learning virtual through the first grading period.
The YWCA announced Thursday it has been approved as a licensed child care provider for New Hanover County’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) established to help families in need.
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.
