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Henderson County (Dec 6, 2021) - Three candidates filed for Henderson County School Board, all three incumbent county commissioners and Clerk of Superior Court J. Tyler Ray and Register of Deeds Lee King filed for re-election while candidates for Congress and the state Legislature were blocked from filing on the opening day of qualifying on Monday.

Henderson County (Oct 13, 2021) - School Board members received expressions of gratitude and a threat of "civil and criminal" litigation on Tuesday before voting 5-2 to continue the mask mandate in Henderson Countys public schools.

Henderson County Public Schools grades 6-12 students now have the option to return to in-person learning beginning March 23. The Board of Education Friday approved 6-1, with member Dot Case voting no, for plan A, or full-time in-person learning, to be an option for grades 6-12. Parents and guardians will still have the option for their children to attend school remotely. Students in grades 6-12 who attend remotely will be transitioned back to a 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. school day schedule. Families ...

Henderson County 4th-, 5th-graders return to in-person learning Feb. 18 Henderson County Public Schools fourth- and fifth-graders will return to school in-person full-time, known as Plan A, on Feb. 18. Pre-K through third-grade students returned full-time Feb. 1 and will continue attending school on Plan A while grades 6-12 continue to attend remotely part-time, known as Plan B. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and Gov. Roy Coopers Office will only permit Plan B for grades 6...

Supporters of the waiver request, which had come from high school principals, said teenagers emotional and mental health problems rising from the pandemic could only get worse if theyre denied sports. The waiver, which passed in a 5-2 vote, was supported by the four board members who are current or retired educators. "I can tell you teachers and coaches are such a big part of these kids lives," said Dot Case, a retired civics teacher at North Henderson High School. "I just dont think we should ...

Craven was re-elected to a second term on the board on Nov. 3 when voters also put Kathy Revis, Robert Bridges and Stacey Caskey on the board. The board voted unamimously for Craven as chair. After Jay Egolf nominated Holt as vice chair, Caskey nominated Revis, who declined. The board then elected Holt as chair. Board members thanked the school community for its support after a 13-year-old boy shot a 12-year-old classmate in the leg in the gym where students gather before homeroom. The girl rec...