The field of candidates for the Halifax County Schools Board of Education is widening as two more challengers filed today for the May 6 primary.
Halifax County commissioners today approved the release of state lottery funds for fire alarm and restroom improvements to Dawson and Pittman elementary schools.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson also warned Halifax County Schools of decisions that could lead to “dire consequences” and have a “detrimental fiscal impact” on the system and its students.
A judge who is overseeing the Hoke County Board of Education versus North Carolina case, a case that includes Halifax County schools, has called for a hearing on November 13 and 14 to review the case.
It couldn't have been a more perfectly worded letter and we believe it gets to the heart of the problems within the Halifax County School System.
A strongly worded letter from the chair of the State Board of Education criticizes, but does not name, several Halifax County schools board of education members of impeding the learning environment within the school system and disregarding advice that could land it in not only renewed financial peril but legal troubles.
With the exception of the merger issue — see related story — Halifax County commissioners and the three school systems agreed to continue discussions on how to improve education during a joint meeting this evening.
For most of the three hours, the six-letter word was never uttered during the meeting this evening between county commissioners and the three school systems.
Halifax County Board of Commissioners Chairman James Pierce said the board will sit down with the three county school systems to go over a report that recommends educational improvements.
Like a Bible given to a hardened atheist, the Evergreen Solutions report sits on a shelf collecting dust.
