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The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is assisting with the Moore County Schools Police and Moore County Sheriff's Office investigation of a threat leveled against school board members in
All three of Moore County’s high schools will recognize valedictorians during this week’s graduation ceremonies, but it will likely be for the last time.
A divided Moore County Board of Education chose last week not to adopt a position on Critical Race Theory as it relates to school curriculum, but the General Assembly may yet do it for them. Legislation working its way through the General Assembly does not explicitly mention the controversial legal and academic movement, but it would bar public schools from promoting racist concepts that critics fear would come with it. Race â and how public schoolsâ social studies classes deal with racism throughout the nationâs history â has been an incendiary topic in education througho...
The Moore County Board of Education wonât adopt a ban on Critical Race Theory, based on a vote on Monday night that was almost as divided as the 40 people who addressed the board on the subject. The school board heard input from a total of 47 speakers over more than two hours. Most of them offered feedback regarding a policy proposed by board member Robert Levy, which would have stipulated that no curriculum taught in Moore County Schools be based on Critical Race Theory. Levy proposed this policy in conjunction with national backlash against the long-established legal and academic movem...
When it comes to North Carolinaâs new K-12 social studies standards, the Moore County Board of Education is divided between members who would leave implementation to the teachers and others who want to hold off for a year until they personally comb through the new curriculum. School board members arenât typically part of the process in determining the substance of what is taught in classrooms. Nonetheless, that will be central to discussion of at least two items on the agenda for Mondayâs regular board meeting. Moore County Schoolsâ curriculum and instruction staff will so...