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 presentation on the plan for management of student behavior in schools.
“The goal, of course, is to maintain as much face-to-face instructional time with students as possible, so really addressing the root cause of the behavior is the more proactive and positive response as opposed to removing from an instructional opportunity,” Varnam said. “So I think we have a collective combined agreement on doing that with our youngest of learners is going to likely change their trajectory of student su
NHC school board decides to remove former Hoggard coachâs name from volleyball court Ronnie Lynn Strickland former Hoggard High School volleyball coach (Source: WECT) By Elly Cosgrove | April 20, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 6:27 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to remove the name of former volleyball coach Ron Stricklandâs from the Hoggard High School volleyball court at an interim meeting Tuesday night.
Strickland was recently accused of decades-old sex crimes against two students. On January 14, 2021, New Hanover County Schools notified law enforcement after a tip was discovered on social media; Strickland was removed from his duties January 15, before the end of the most recent volleyball season.
A group of parents and teachers stand on the lawn outside the New Hanover County Schools Board of Education Center last September to protest a discussion to transition from all-virtual learning to all-classroom learning. (Port City Daily/Mark Darrough)
CAPE FEAR REGION Today marks the 365th day since Governor Roy Cooper passed an executive order prohibiting inside dining at restaurants and bars across North Carolina.
The next day, March 18, New Hanover County announced its first presumptive positive Covid-19 case; there were 63 positive cases in the entire state. One year later, the county has recorded 17,062 cases and 161 deaths, while the statewide numbers near 900,000 cases and 12,000 deaths.
N.C. Governor Roy Cooper announced Feb. 2 that all N.C. schools should reopen in Plan A, as Covid-19 number decrease. (Port City Daily/File)
On Tuesday, Gov. Cooper urged all 115 school districts across North Carolina to resume in-person learning in grades K-12 this month. He pointed to data and science released recently as promising and safe for students, teachers and staff to return to classrooms: K-5 in Plan A, and middle and high school in Plan B.
“We’ve learned much more about this virus since last March,” Cooper said. “It’s time to get our children back in the classroom.”
The New Hanover County Schools Board of Education will review more than 55 policies and, of those, will consider about 45 for approval Tuesday night during its regular monthly meeting. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands)
NEW HANOVER COUNTY – The New Hanover County Schools Board of Education will review more than 55 policies and consider about 45 of them for approval Tuesday night during its regular monthly meeting.
NHCS is now half a year into the estimated 18-month process of updating its entire nine-section board policy manual. The text establishes procedures and rules for the schools to abide by and provides direction, management and control of the board’s legal functions, according to the manual.