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To rebound from remote learning, NC schools seek power to shorten summer vacation
A new bill is the latest development in the ongoing tug-of-war between NC schools and the tourism industry.
Brian Gordon
USA Today Network
It s been nearing a year of remote learning for many students in the Alamance-Burlington Schools System, and district superintendent Bruce Benson is concerned.
He sees more than 200 seniors in danger of not getting their diploma on-time, a significant drop from last spring. On recent end-of-course exams, he witnessed scores sink across the district.
“We’ve taken a huge step backwards in terms of outcomes for kids,” Benson said “We have a responsibility to get our kids back on track, he said.
Pride or appropriation? Two North Carolina towns are the sites of fierce battles over American Indian imagery.
Brian Gordon
USA TODAY NETWORK
The mascot for South Point High School Red Raiders is an American Indian man with an earring and a long feather running alongside a mohawk. It’s an image Isabella Lanford would like to erase.
Lanford grew up in Belmont, a small city in Gaston County near Charlotte. In the mid-2010s, she attended Belmont Middle School (nickname: the Wildcats) and thought she’d join her classmates for the ninth grade at South Point High.
A home football game changed her mind. Lanford, a Lumbee Indian, saw South Point fans in face paint carrying fake tomahawks. Most of the crowd was white. When the Red Raiders scored, many cupped their hands over their mouths and released stereotypical Native American war cries.
The district said students will not return to school for in-person learning on February 1. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 7:32 PM EST January 12, 2021 Updated: 6:31 AM EST January 13, 2021
BURLINGTON, N.C. The Alamance-Burlington Board of Education voted to approve an updated reentry plan for students.
The district said students will not return to school for in-person learning on February 1. Instead, students and staff will remain on their current schedules.
The district approved beginning on March 1, elementary schools will implement a cohort model for grades K-5 students to return to in-person learning. Students will attend school in person two days for either Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday. Wednesday will be a remote learning for all students.
By Sarah Tate
Jan 7, 2021
More than 70 counties in North Carolina are under alert ahead of a winter storm expected on Friday. As of Thursday evening, five schools have either delayed start times or have moved to remote learning and 71 counties are either under a winter weather advisory or flood warning.
A system making its way from Texas is likely to hit eastern and central North Carolina on Friday, with high temperatures in the upper 30-degree range. According to
WCNC Meteorologist
Brad Panovich, a winter storm could bring up to 6 inches of snow in higher elevated parts of the state, while areas north of Charlotte and along Interstate 40 could see around 1 to 2 inches.