Member Patsy Simpson News Today

The board of education will have a special meeting to get public input on the name of a new high school.

Students will be back in elementary schools March 1 and in middle and high schools March 8, after a vote by the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education, Tuesday, unless they change plans again. “I promise you if we are not in a better place, I will bring a motion at our February meeting,” said Board Chair Allison Gant before the vote. “I do believe safety will have to trump at some point.” The board had a long, contentious and emotional debate Tuesday afternoon on Superintendent Bruce Be...