Category Archives: Education
WCPS Decides On Firm For Superintendent Search
A search firm will be brought in to help Wayne County Public Schools find its new superintendent.Wednesday, the Wayne County Board of Education interviewed two candidate firms for the superintendent s...
Jul 30, 2020
Lenoir County Public Schools To Begin School Year Virtually
While Wayne County is doing a blend of in-person and virtual learning, a neighboring school district is going all virtual to begin the new school year. This week, the Lenoir County Board of Education ...
Jul 29, 2020
WCPS Provides Info On Plan “B” Reopening
Wayne County Public Schools has released the following information on the decision to reopen schools under the Plan “B” concept:On Monday, July 20, the Wayne County Board of Education disc...
Jul 21, 2020
UMO Announces Common Read Selection
The University of Mount Olive has selected Kathy Izard's 2017 Christopher Award Winner The Hundred Story Home as its 2020 Common Read book selection. Reading, discussing, and writing about the novel w...
Jul 21, 2020
WCPS Releases Draft Reopening Plans
Wayne County Public Schools is working on its reopening plans in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.Wayne County Public Schools has posted draft school reopening plans for the fall, which families, staff ...
Jul 17, 2020
Governor: N.C. Schools May Reopen, Will Still Provide Remote Learning
Gov. Roy Cooper says North Carolina's K-12 public schools will reopen for the fall. However, the governor says that classroom experience will look different in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Durin...
Jul 14, 2020
WCC Student Standouts Lauded
Wayne Community College has recognized its top students of the 2019-2020 academic year.Sixty-seven students were honored with 80 awards.Each year, WCC faculty members select one student from their pro...
Jul 12, 2020
WCC’s Walker Selected NC Campus Compact Chair
Dr. Thomas A. Walker Jr., president of Wayne Community College, is the new chair of the North Carolina Campus Compact executive board.North Carolina Campus Compact is a collaborative network of 39 col...
Jul 09, 2020
WCPS Operates Under Interim Budget, Waits For State Figures
It is July, but Wayne County Public Schools has not yet approved an official budget for its new fiscal year. That's as the district attempts to overcome a nearly $5 million fund balance deficit disclo...
Jul 06, 2020
Scholarship Recipient Aspires To Give Back
The ambition to succeed is as American as apple pie and Coca-Cola. Lettie Pate was certainly a testament to that thought. Born in Thaxton, Virginia she was raised in the Episcopal Church, privately ed...
Jul 05, 2020