Lenoir County will follow state guidelines to protect EMS technicians and patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. Watch Lenoir County Emergency Services Director Jerri King update the Lenoir County Commissioners on Monday afternoon.
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NC Emergency Management COVID-19 update as of Monday, March 16
The North Carolina Emergency Management, along with NC Department of Public Safety and NC Department of Health and Human Services, released the following slide deck today with the latest COVID-19 information. As of 11:00 a.m. there were 33 confirmed cases in NC with some of them in Wayne, Craven, Onslow, Wilson and other counties. None were reported in Lenoir, Greene or Jones Counties.
Note: The State of NC has held a call with “superintendents to provide guidance on the school closure period and to encourage districts to use these two weeks to develop plans for remote and distance learning in the event that we will need to close schools for a longer period.”
Special LIVE with Brent Williams and Linda Rouse Sutton
Neuse News Publisher BJ Murphy was joined by Lenoir County Public Schools Superintendent Brent Williams and Lenoir County Board of Commissioners Chair Linda Rouse Sutton this afternoon at 1:00. They discussed the latest on COVID-19 and its impact on our county and public school system.
Jones County Public Schools to serve breakfast and lunch
JCPS will begin serving breakfast and lunch at all schools sites beginning on Wednesday, March 18th from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. daily.
LCPS launches "grab-n-go" feeding program
LCPS will open its "grab-and-go" feeding program Tuesday at five sites around the county for youth 18 and younger.
Tand's-Bojangles' temporarily close dining room operations
Tands,Inc./Bojangles’ recently published the following notice on their Facebook page:
Dear Bojangles’-BeCajun Fans,
Customer and employee health and safety are extremely important at Bojangles’. Due to caution over rapidly changing COVID-19 spreading concerns throughout our service area, Tands, Inc. has made the difficult decision to temporarily close our dining room operations at 2:00 pm on Monday, March 16, 2020. This will help increase social distancing by limiting direct person-to-person contact in our dining rooms. (read more)
Kinston City Hall to close until further notice
Important Announcement: In an effort to conform with the recent recommendations regarding COVID-19, City Hall will be closed on Tuesday, March 17 and it will remain closed until further notice.
Chick-Fil-A to close its dining rooms due to Coronavirus
Kinston’s Chick-Fil-A released the following statement: We will be closing our dining room to guests today (March 16,2020) at 11:00am. The following options will be available for ordering:
Special Facebook Live with Sen. Jim Perry and LCC President Dr. Rusty Hunt
On Sunday afternoon Neuse News Publisher BJ Murphy was joined by guests Senator Jim Perry and Lenoir Community College President Dr. Rusty Hunt for a special Facebook Live segment. They discussed the latest on COVID-19 and its impact on our community. And they fielded a few questions from our Facebook Live audience.
Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation closing all facilities
Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation will close its facilities on Monday, March 16 at noon until further notice. Posted on the Parks and Recreation’s Facebook page, Director Corey Povar called for the closures to keep people from gathering in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19.
“We want to do what we can to keep everyone safe,” said Povar. This comes a day after Governor Roy Cooper closed North Carolina Public School Systems. This will include all of Kinston-Lenoir County Parks and Recreation facilities, including the Planetarium and Neuseway Nature Center.
LCPS blending digital, traditional learning with classes suspended
With public schools across the state closing Monday for at least two weeks in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Lenoir County Public Schools is pushing out to its students and parents a blend of traditional and digital learning opportunities to help keep the focus on schoolwork while classes are suspended.
Important information from Lenoir County Public Schools
From Lenoir County Public Schools Superintendent Brent Williams: As you know, our schools are closed for students for at least the next two weeks. Tomorrow, Monday, March 16, 2020 is a required workday for LCPS staff members. This will be a good opportunity for students and parents to recover any educational or personal items that they may need during the time that our schools are closed. We are asking parents who might need to visit the school to pick up these items to do so between the hours of 2:00 pm and 5:30pm. (Please use this updated time if you were given another time earlier today or yesterday.)
Suddenlink, division of Altice USA, brings free broadband to K-12 student households
On Friday, March 13, Altice issued the following press release:
In response to the COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic, Altice USA has taken several steps to ensure that Americans within the communities we serve have reliable access to high-speed broadband connectivity to keep them connected to the people, information, and resources they rely on.
Superintendent Brent Williams issues statement to LCPS parents
UPDATE: In response to Gov. Roy Cooper's executive order closing all public schools in the state for at least two weeks effective Monday, March 16, LCPS has designated Monday as a required teacher workday. Schools will be open for students and parents to recover any educational or personal items that they may need during the time our schools are closed. Monday also will be an opportunity for parents and students to pick up any school-issued iPads that they might not have already. More information on school access Monday will be provided Sunday afternoon.
ORIGINAL: “Monday, March 16, 2020 has been designated as a statewide teacher and staff workday. In preparation for such a possibility of missed school days related to this crisis, LCPS staff members have been working hard to create a range of online and traditional print-version supplemental resources and activities that will help students remain engaged in learning while the schools are closed. We are working now to complete those plans. Plans will be shared with you as soon as possible on how to access the various learning opportunities during this or even a more extended closure.”
Local schedule changes due to Coronavirus precautions
Local schedule changes due to Coronavirus precautions. Submit your organization’s changes to info@neusenews.com.