Education

Senate lets Wake commissioners take over school construction

Amid accusations that legislators were targeting the Wake County school system, the state Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would allow Boards of Commissioners in nine counties, including Wake, to take over authority to own and build schools.

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GARNER

Education awards dealt all at once

Monday the first Marjorie B. Barefoot Educational Awards Recognition Ceremony acknowledged Garner’s top educators and students.
EDUCATION

JCC, DeVry strike transfer agreement

Deal will allow Johnston Community College students to transfer credits to Morrisville school.
EDUCATION

Garner Optimist essay winners named

Anna Phillips earns $2,500 scholarship
HONOR ROLL

Honor Roll

Honor Roll: West Johnston High School
NEWS

Wake school board picks superintendent semi-finalists

The Wake County school board picked four semi-finalists from a field of 23 applicants for the superintendent’s position.
GARNER

Garner teacher headed to India

UNC’s Center for International Understanding has chosen Karen Kelley, in her first year at East Garner Middle School, as one of 40 teachers to travel to India this summer on a professional-development and cultural-sharing mission.
GARNER

Bond re-do includes Garner schools

The outcry over proposed school-bond projects, mainly from Garner residents, has brought funding for Garner High School and Vandora Springs Elementary School back into the fold.
GARNER

Staged crash hits at real drunk driving

About 400 juniors and seniors at Garner High School watched a skit in which two students were pulled from a mangled car after a prom accident. The skit was deigned to hammer home the dangers of drunk and distracted driving.
HONOR ROLL

Honor Roll: Cleveland Elementary

Cleveland Elementary School has announced its Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the third nine weeks of school.
WAKE COUNTY

Wake school board changing student-assignment policy

The Wake County school board gives preliminary approval to a revised student assignment policy that strives for diversity goals. It also approved a requested budget increase of $8.3 million that includes creating an Office of Equity and Diversity.