Throughout the fall, students in the Halifax County School System have been offered locally grown collard greens on the lunch line.
A supplemental tax for Halifax County Schools passed this evening, according to unofficial returns.
Pack the Bus, an initiative by Halifax County Schools, delivered more than $10,000 worth of clothing and supplies to Edgecombe County Schools, one of the areas hit hard by Hurricane Matthew.
There is fresh blood pumping in the Halifax County School system.
Halifax County Schools has been granted AdvancED School System Accreditation from the AdvancED Accreditation Commission.
The Roanoke Valley Southern Christian Leadership Conference is one of the groups leading a push for a supplemental school tax which its administration believes will provide equitable funding for the Halifax County School system.
Supporters of a supplemental school tax for the Halifax County School system say those leading an effort to fight the measure, which will be on the November 8 ballot, have misrepresented how much would be requested should the referendum pass.
The state Court of Appeals Monday will hear arguments in a lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners which targets the operation of three separate school districts in the county.
The state Department of Public Instruction confirmed this afternoon Halifax County Schools has been taken off its low-performing schools list.
Weldon City Schools will give the county school system $23,800 of its sales and use tax money after reaching an impasse with Roanoke Rapids.
