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OXFORD — Granville County school board members say they’re going to take two plans for G.C. Hawley Middle School and three possible scenarios for Creedmoor and Wilton Elementary to public hearings next week to gather input about the future of those schools. Members agreed a decision about Hawley’s future has to be made immediately. They’ve raised the possibility of relocating and consolidating the school to a different building or reconfiguring grade levels and potentially closing it. If Hawley Middle School is relocated, that may mean consolidating South Granville High Sc...

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...

OXFORD — Granville County School board members voted Tuesday to expand their discussion of potential school mergers to include the possibility of converting Tar River Elementary School into a replacement for G.C. Hawley Middle School. The decision came after Superintendent Alisa McLean’s staff briefed the board on merger scenarios that consolidate Granville Central and South Granville high schools, using whichever of those campuses becomes surplus as the new home of Hawley Middle School. The possibility of consolidating high schools answers pressure in favor of the idea from the Gra...