OXFORD â Granville County School board members voted Tuesday to expand their discussion of potential school mergers to include the possibility of converting Tar River Elementary School into a replacement for G.C. Hawley Middle School.
The decision came after Superintendent Alisa McLeanâs staff briefed the board on merger scenarios that consolidate Granville Central and South Granville high schools, using whichever of those campuses becomes surplus as the new home of Hawley Middle School.
The possibility of consolidating high schools answers pressure in favor of the idea from the Granville County Commissioners, but Tuesdayâs school board debate indicated that three and perhaps a majority of its members are reluctant or outright opposed.
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Can your town, village or suburb plant a tree for every resident? Hear how it s done from Crann Director Diarmuid McAree About this event
Diarmuid takes us on a “virtual walk” through the Dublin suburb of Shankill Crann s “Trees for All” Project has planted over 20,000 trees, including 3,000 native saplings this season alone. This project has been up and running for almost a decade and works alongside Crann’s Easy Treesie Project in collaboration with Dun Laoghaire County Council and Shankill Tidy Towns. The talk will be followed by a question and answer session. Diarmuid will be in conversation with Orla Farrell of the Easy Treesie Project, who is collaborating with children and their communities all over Ireland in planting 1 million saplings with Ireland’s 1 million school children. This walk is part of a new series of virtual walks which commenced with a “Walk in Ballyseedy Wood”, Co. Kerry in a similar talk by Tom Houlihan of Teagas
OXFORD — Granville County’s school board has asked administrators to size up the possibility of closing Granville Central High School, and to update existing closure studies that focused on Wilton
OXFORD â Granville Countyâs school board has asked the County Commissioners to raise local spending in K-12 education by $758,591 in fiscal 2021-22.
Because charter schools that serve Granville County students get a cut of the local allocation, the increase would actually translate into an additional $584,115 for the Granville County Public Schools, district officials said.
System officials say the additional money would cover their estimate of the increased costs that come with state-mandated salary and benefit changes for teachers and other employees.
Board members approved the request on April 19. Member Tom Houlihan said that county leaders have âheard clearly the money that we need for personnelâ cost increases. They have made âno promisesâ about fully funding the systemâs request, but have yet to signal that it âainât going to happen.â