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ASHEVILLE - Members of Buncombe County s top elected body entered a heated community debate over the closure of a primary school campus, echoing parents who say the relocation could damage early learning efforts.
County commissioners asked Asheville City Schools officials pointed questions about the planned relocation of Asheville Primary School during a presentation on construction and other capital needs, an area funded largely by county government.
The presentation to the Board of Commissioners happened at the same time as a city schools special called meeting where parents pushed school board members to keep the campus open. The primary school is Western North Carolina s only public Montessori school, featuring a type of education that centers on student independence. The current plan is to move it to part of Hall Fletcher Elementary.
11 HCPS teachers earn National Board certifications
They are:
Steve Sigman: The North Henderson High’s band director has dedicated his 13-year teaching career to the Knights.
Rachel Miller: A new teacher to the district at North Henderson High in January, she previously worked for Wake County Schools.
Benjamin Morris: A math and science teacher at Henderson County Early College High since 2017.
Matthew Witt: A Henderson County Early College High social studies teacher for his six-year teaching career.
Ryan Drake: A Hendersonville High social studies teacher since 2017.
Cody Merriman: A fifth-grade teacher at Hillandale Elementary. He began his teaching career there in 2015.
In the spring of 2020, many hospitals delayed or canceled gender-affirming surgeries, along with other procedures deemed elective or nonessential to make space for COVID-19 patient
North Carolina LGBTQ advocates argued for years that the use of legal names not only put some students at risk of being outed, potentially leading to harassment from other students, but was also an issue of privacy and safety.
The Asheville-based Campaign for Southern Equality has been working with the Department of Public Instruction since 2017 in an effort to update the system. Craig White, the supportive schools director for the campaign, said that parents and educators were working on the issue even before them.
Public Schools And The Pandemic: Lessons Learned, Scars Remain by Keri Brown
6:00am Mar 15, 2021 A teacher at South Fork Elementary in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducts a lesson using both virtual and face-to-face instruction. KERI BROWN/WFDD
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It’s been a year since North Carolina public schools were forced to close their buildings as cases of COVID-19 began popping up in several counties. To this day, many students still haven’t set foot in a classroom.
There are lessons learned and challenges that remain as schools slowly begin to reopen.
Rewind to this same time last year. Governor Roy Cooper stood at a podium, flanked by state officials, giving the news that would change the lives of students, parents, and educators and issued this executive order.