Dr. Amber Baker is known throughout Winston-Salem and Forsyth County for her work in education. As the principal at Kimberly Park Elementary, Baker made a name for herself as a passionate educator who was willing to go above and beyond to ensure her students had what they needed to succeed. Now Baker is looking to take that same passion and energy to the N.C. General Assembly.
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education has named Tricia McManus interim superintendent. McManus will fill the vacancy left by Dr. Angela Hairston who announced her resignation last month.
Although polls closed around 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, the nail-biting carried over well into Wednesday morning here in North Carolina and other battleground states across the country, where the race for the White House was deemed “too close to call.”
The Winston-Salem State University Department of Athletics took a giant step forward with the hiring of Sonya Hurt as its associate director of athletics for compliance and academics.
NBA superstar and Winston-Salem native Chris Paul did his part to encourage young people to exercise their right to vote earlier this week when he led a procession of more than 1,000 students to the early voting site on the campus of Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).
Today the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education will decide whether to delay the phased re-entry plans for students or go forward with the plan that would put some students in classrooms as early as next week. The motion to delay the restart came just days after Superintendent Dr. Angela Hairston, who recommended the restart plan, announced her resignation.