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G.C. Hawley Middle's unpaid lunch debt consequence draws mixed reaction after parents learn student might be excluded from end-of-year activities

G.C. Hawley Middle School is receiving criticism for saying that students with unpaid lunch bills will be excluded from fun activities.

OXFORD — Granville County Public Schools officials have downsized their central office staff to save money. A special school board meeting on Tuesday saw members approve the elimination of an assistant superintendent position, the reduction from 16 to 12 of the number of director-level salaried positions in the central office, a restructuring of the entire Curriculum & Instruction and Student Services Department and a shift of several district-based positions to school-based positions The board also agreed to the use of grant funding to pay for school-based positions. “Just as our b...

The changes take effect July 1, and officials hope they streamline the way they support their schools. “I believe that the reassignments are going to [position] us now that we’re going to be back [teaching] face-to-face,” said board Chairman David Richardson. “As we embark on our mantra of a new day, [that] new leadership and those reassignments are just kind of making sure everyone’s on the right seat on the bus. First, the board named Stan Winborne, now the assistant superintendent for operations and human resources, to the position of associate superintendent of cu...