Despite calls from the community to use the funding for other needs, the local board of education has approved $2.5 million security contracts with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO), Kernersville Police Department (KPD), and North State Company Police.
Education
Local non-profit Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA) is launching a new program to promote environmental literacy, stewardship, and action among elementary-aged students in the Piedmont Triad – Young Eco Leaders.
The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), recently selected Achovia Denise Jones of Winston-Salem for the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors (MFP-AC).
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education has given approval to the naming of Diana McIntosh, Carlos Valencia, and Kim Bell as directors of school improvement and Dr. Sajata Latten as the new executive director of Core Content – Teaching and Learning.
Dr. Ereka Williams joins Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) as the associate dean of education, quality assurance, and community engagement as of July 1.
In less than two weeks students will return to their virtual classrooms for the start of the 2020 school year. To help shed some light on what learning will look like here in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, last week Superintendent Angela Hairston participated in a virtual town hall where she discussed ‘Plan C’ and answered questions from the community.
Livingstone offers incentives to local students to avoid college deferral
With the start of fall classes just weeks away, a Wake Forest University professor is examining challenges families faced with remote learning.
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) Board of Education voted to continue remote learning for all students for at least the first nine weeks of the 2020-21 school year.
Public schools will reopen this fall with several restrictions, but students across the state will have the option to continue remote learning. During a press conference on Tuesday, July 14, Gov. Roy Cooper announced that K-12 public schools across the state will open under Plan B, which calls for schools to limit the capacity in school facilities and on transportation vehicles and includes a mask requirement.
