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New Hanover County Schools Board of Education hears plans to reduce suspension rates, approves Title IX survey School leaders work on plan to address racial disparity with school suspensions By Elly Cosgrove | May 19, 2021 at 12:00 AM EDT - Updated May 19 at 12:28 AM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Schools Board of Education heard plans tonight to reduce suspension rates in its schools. Julie Varnam, the Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services, gave a presenta...

“It’s a racial justice issue”: Advisory group recommends elimination of elementary school students’ suspensions NAACP recommends ending suspensions in elementary schools By Anna Phillips | February 25, 2021 at 10:28 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 11:55 PM NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - There’s a new push to have school suspensions removed as a punishment option for elementary school students in New Hanover County. The New Hanover County NAACP Parents’ Coun...

Board of Education Chair Stefanie Adams speaks at a press conference Wednesday next to Superintendent Charles Foust. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands) NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Late Tuesday night, just hours after four new members were sworn into the New Hanover County Board of Education, Superintendent Charles Foust recommended pre-K and elementary schools move to Plan A in the spring and, with the support of chairperson Stefanie Adams, urged approval of the transition by the end of the ni...