The Kannapolis School Board voted unanimously at Mondayâs monthly meeting to move back into Plan B (partial in-person learning) starting Tuesday, Feb. 16.
This move will be effective for the remainder of the school year, and no further transitions will be made unless COVID-19 numbers rise in the district enough to where there is a necessary move back to an all-remote plan.
The Kannapolis Board of Education voted unanimously to move into Gov. Roy Cooper s Plan B for the remainder of the school year Monday. Screenshot
âThis is what weâll plan to do until the end of the school year,â said Board Chair Todd Adams. âUnless the state puts us in a different position or if the metrics go in a really wild direction that puts us back to fully remote.
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North Carolina education officials met this week to put finishing touches on a new social studies and history curriculum for public schools. Instead they clashed over deep divides on race, gender identity and politics.
State education officials have been working on the new standards for almost two years. They’ve enlisted dozens of educators and fielded comments from thousands of people.
The new curriculum strives to include voices that have traditionally been left out and to help students explore struggles against oppression and injustice.
Catherine Truitt, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction
This week’s special meeting of the state Board of Education was called to review the fifth draft of the standards, in hopes that it can be approved next week. Earlier this month, newly elected state Superintendent Catherine Truitt asked that references to systemic racism, gender identity and systemic discrimination be revised.
Superintendent Dr. Rodney Shotwell was terminated at a meeting Monday night. Author: Courtney Kiley (WFMY News2) Published: 7:54 AM CST December 15, 2020 Updated: 5:51 PM CST December 15, 2020
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. Rockingham County school board members voted to terminate Superintendent Dr. Rodney Shotwell at a meeting Monday night.
After a closed session the board addressed personnel matters, one involving Superintendent Dr. Shotwell.
His termination will take place in 90 days.
Dr. Shotwell gave parting words at Monday s meeting after the 4-3 vote. This is okay God has a plan for all of us so I m looking forward to the opportunities that come next, Dr. Shotwell said. I wanted to make sure my son saw the people who did this to me.
Susie C. Spear
EDEN â Hundreds of Rockingham County residents are piercing their lawns with signs that read Bring Back Dr. S Â â a show of support for recently ousted Rockingham County Schools Superintendent Rodney Shotwell.
And a grassroots coalition of parents, teachers and members of the local NAACP chapter and county Democratic Party have launched a movement with protests and a 1,500-signature petition calling for the longtime district head s reinstatement. The students are shocked. The parents are outraged. The teachers are stunned and their morale has dropped, said Mary ED Ryan, a mother of a 16-year-old Rockingham Early College High School student who spoke at a Wednesday demonstration in Reidsville in support of Shotwell.
WENTWORTH â The Rockingham County Board of Education voted 4-3 after a closed session Monday night to fire Rodney Shotwell, longtime superintendent for the 25-school district and a former North Carolina Superintendent of the Year.
By Wednesday night, nearly 1,000 Rockingham County parents and community members had signed an online petition calling for Shotwell s reinstatement. And leaders of the county s NAACP announced a Friday press conference at which they are expected to denounce the board s discharge of Shotwell.
The board gave Shotwell, who has overseen the district s $130 million budget and piloted a hybrid system through the pandemic, 90 days notice, but no reason for his dismissal during the open session of Monday night s meeting, a video recording of the meeting showed.