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Gaston County Schools has nominated five principals for the school district’s annual Principal of the Year recognition. The finalists are Loretta Reed of Woodhill Elementary, Torben Ross of Robinwood Elementary, Jill Payne of Hawks Nest STEAM Academy, Kevin Doran of Cherryville High and Tyler West of Pinewood Elementary. Gaston County's 2021-22 Teacher of the Year will be named spring 2021 during the district's Evening of Excellence program.  About the finalists: Loretta Reed began her Gaston County Schools career as a teacher at Hancock Elementary School, which was replaced by Brookside ...

Students at Gaston County Schools have yet another choice in educational programs and pathways. Denise McLean, Gaston County Schools’ executive director of student support services, recently announced the launch of the Gaston Early College of Medical Sciences – a healthcare-driven high school with four- and five-year pathways – ahead of the 2021-22 school year. It’s the school districts 21st student choice program ever to be offered. Students can earn their high school diploma, as well as an associate degree from Gaston College, while sticking to one of a number of concentrations, wh...

Travis Brittain attends the Martin Luther King Unity Awards ceremony every year, but the thought that he might one day receive the same award never crossed his mind. Gaston Clergy and Citizens Coalition recently named Brittain – Gastonia’s 24th chief of police – as one of the 2021 recipients of the Martin Luther King Unity Award. Presented by GC3 annually since 2004, the award recognizes current or former Gaston County citizens who have continuously helped unite people across lines of class, race, gender and faith through community service. From a young age, the Ashbrook High graduate k...

Vivian Cooper passed away from cancer in 2009 but she will always hold a special place in my memory from the summer she spent as a life guard and one of the swimming team coaches at McAdenville in 1972. I still remember my surprise and excitement as she pulled up into the parking lot at the pool that summer and got out of her old blue beat-up Rambler Station Wagon. My first thought was what’s this cool, pretty girl doing driving that old thing. Taking a closer look, I realized it was Vivian Cooper. I didn’t know her personally but I did know who she was for two reasons.