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EDUCATION
Bonuses on the way for schools employees; increased supplements requested
Some Edgecombe County Public Schools employees are set to end the school year with bigger pay checks, a trend that will continue if commissioners agree to fully fund the budget request from the school district. The Edgecombe County Board of Education has approved pay supplements for teachers and bonuses for child nutrition staff, to be paid in May or June. The school board also is seeking county funding for additional supplements for next school year. ...
Farmville student named Brinkley-Lane Scholar
A Farmville Central High School senior is among 20 selected students selected as Brinkley-Lane Scholars at East Carolina University. Haleigh Long will join three others from Pitt County and 16 from other North Carolin communities who received ECU’s most prestigious undergraduate award. The four-year merit scholarship provides both in-state and out-of-state recipients with a fully funded education, covering the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, as well as a...
School district hires technology and innovation director
Each month, the Wilson County Board of Education releases its personnel list showing employees who’ve been hired and those who’ve retired or resigned from the system in the previous month. The Wilson Times publishes the list each month. The Wilson County Board of Education approved the following personnel changes during its May meeting. ADMINISTRATIVE HIRINGS • Pamela Batchelor, Wilson County […] The post School district hires technology and innovation director first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
SN"s Ordess to cheer for Barton College
Editor’s Note: This is the 11th in a series of articles spotlighting Twin Counties high school athletes who will play sports in college. Southern Nash High School senior Kayleigh Ordess will be a sideline cheerleader when she attends Barton College in the fall. Ordess, who will be a main base for the Bulldogs’ sideline and competition cheer teams, said the decision wasn’t difficult. ...
Letter: Per-student spending increased
Your opinion page on May 16 carried a feature on education by Bob Hall decrying the state school vouchers program, our state’s No. 48 standing in per-pupil expenditures and Leandro failures. Perhaps some explanation will help. North Carolina law says teachers are paid by the state, presumably with equity across the board, except for those underperforming districts where bonus payments bring teacher pay above the state standards. Local districts have...
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