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The Fayetteville Observer Cumberland County Schools (CCS) have not been open for in-person learning since March of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic took grip of the nation. All students have been learning remotely. The system plans to open under Plan B — a mixture of virtual and in-person learning by March 15. Some parents say that is not soon enough, especially in light of a report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says school reopening can be safe as long as certain conditions are met. Following are four letters from Cumberland County parents who shared their...

Inside the hidden society of lightning strike survivors After getting hit, they suffered devastating symptoms that wouldn’t go away. It seemed no one could help — until they found each other By James Walker / The Guardian The Jack Britt high school girls’ soccer team was playing on a muggy evening in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when the sky grew dark. It was Sept. 30, 2015. Shana Williams Turner, a 46-year-old teacher in the school’s special education department, was supervising. She watched as the weather started to turn. Thunder rumbled above, each clap bringing lightning closer...

Jack Britt senior becomes one of the first female Eagle Scouts in Fayetteville Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Kayla Ivory attends Jack Britt High School. A Jack Britt High School senior became one of the first female Eagle Scouts in the Fayetteville area.  Kayla Ivory, 18, became an Eagle Scout alongside her brother, Tyler.  Kayla first became interested in becoming a scout while learning from her brother and seeing how it benefitted him.  “I saw all the fun activities he was able to do with his troop, and the years that passed while he was in the scouts, I ...

Explaining three eastern regions in NCHSAA realignment Tags: Updated December 14, 2020 2:06 p.m. EST By J. Mike Blake, HighSchoolOT contributor Forgive me if I boast that the NCHSAA's conferences were what we told everyone they would be: radically different. That's why we didn't do projections on them. We didn't know what rules they'd be going by, but we knew things would have to change. If the conferences caught you by surprise, you have to ask yourself: did you stop to realize what this year, the 2020-21 one, is going to be? It's going to be a year with schools collecting next-to-no gat...