The LCPS Board’s Governing Principles include “providing every student with the opportunity to receive a sound basic education as defined by the North Carolina Supreme court in Leandro v. State” as the 1st “most significant duty” of the Board.
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School funding protected from potential pandemic losses
Yesterday, the North Carolina Senate passed legislation to protect school funding and hold local school districts harmless for potential reductions in funding due to lower student enrollment. This is especially welcome news in rural North Carolina, where Tier One, economically distressed counties are already struggling.
High School returns to APA campus
On Monday, over 200 high school students returned to Parrott Academy classrooms for in-person instruction. This brought a full student body back to the independent school’s campus, as lower and middle school students returned the previous week.
LCC truck driver training graduates recognized
The Lenoir Community College Truck Driver Training Program recently recognized its graduates.
LCPS feeding program switches gears with addition of delivery by school bus
Beginning Tuesday, Lenoir County Public Schools will provide meals to its students and their siblings through a combination of curbside-pickup sites and bus delivery locations throughout the county.
LCPS, health department team up for walk-in immunization clinics
Lenoir County Public Schools is partnering with the Lenoir County Health Department to offer walk-in immunization clinics to ensure LCPS students meet state vaccination requirements for beginning the new school year. The clinics are scheduled for Aug. 31 in the Kinston High School gym lobby, Sept. 14 in the front lobby at South Lenoir High School and Sept. 21 in the front lobby at North Lenoir High School. All clinic hours are 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Double win in grant competition brings $3 million to LCPS schools
Only 12 public schools in North Carolina made the cut when the state recently awarded $17.6 million in grant funds to bolster instruction and student achievement. Two of them are in Lenoir County.
BJ Murphy: School Board decision paves way for more diversity
The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly affected everyone in 2020 and will affect us for years to come. I will leave some of the national debate about the economic stress, masks, hydroxychloroquine, or other issues to the pundits. On a local level, the recent potential 18-week decision by the Lenoir County School Board exposed a servant leadership deficit catching parents, teachers and even administrators by surprise.
ECU to move undergraduate courses online for fall semester
East Carolina University will move undergraduate courses online for the remainder of the fall semester, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 26, Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson announced today.
LCPS plans to begin delivery of meals by school bus Sept. 1
LCPS Child Nutrition and Transportation departments are teaming up on a plan to begin delivery of meals by school bus to all public school students in Lenoir County on Sept. 1. Child Nutrition is currently operating grab-and-go curbside meal pickup sites for students and their siblings at eight schools throughout the county from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays. That program, provided under the district’s Summer Feeding Program, will continue through Aug. 31 at Northeast, Contentnea-Savannah, Moss Hill, EB Frink, Southeast, Kinston High, South Lenoir High and North Lenoir High. Curbside pickup is scheduled to end Aug. 31.
Gracie Herring: My last, first day
Senior year is what most kids look forward to their whole lives. The year when you finally feel on top, but it’s also the time you look back and take in everything you've been taught for the past 13 years. It is a bit overwhelming already - now add a global pandemic. I don't know what I was expecting but I am almost positive this was not it.
Local representatives unsure how remote learning could impact public school funding
August 17 marked the first day of school for most students in North Carolina. Public school systems across the state have implemented remote learning, with some planning to rely on it for longer than others. The transition from face to face education to remote learning has some asking about the impact of remote learning to school funding which can be based on attendance.
iPads passed out, remote learning ramped up as LCPS set to reopen
Inside cars queued on public school campuses across Lenoir County this week, parents and students waited patiently while teachers worked like carhops during a lunch-hour rush, serving up iPads, collecting forms and answering questions through face coverings that, like everything else in these scenes, said health and safety considerations will shape the school year that begins Monday.
Letter to the Editor: Ask Lenoir County Public Schools board members for an in-person education option
Parents are scrambling to find other options for kids to be in front of teachers and with other students, not dismissing COVID-19 risks, but acknowledging the comprehensive needs of students. Our neighboring Pitt County experienced a 60/40% in-person to remote learning sign-up, which organically provides additional space for meeting social distancing requirements. The same result would likely occur in Lenoir County, if given the option.
Free community college courses available to high school students through Career and College Promise
Free online classes are available to area high school students this fall at Lenoir Community College through the innovative Career & College Promise (CCP) dual enrollment program. Senior Vice President of Instruction and Student Services Dr. Deborah Grimes said that transfer courses are weighted the same as Advanced Placement for grade point averages on high school transcripts. “Many of our CCP students earn enough credits for a degree or credential by the time they graduate from high school. Tuition is free for all students enrolled in the pathway programs.”
LCC's Cars for College presents new car to its first recipient
It’s not every day that a person can be in the right place at the right time, but for Devan Shackleford of Kinston that’s where he found himself recently. Shackleford becomes the first recipient of a vehicle awarded through the Lenoir Community College Cars for College program.
No action taken on the LCPS Board plan to reopen public schools
The Lenoir County School Board meeting started with letters from the public who expressed their concern over the motion to reopen public school at the board’s July 27th meeting.
Mike Parker: Approach of school opening makes me miss the classroom
A little more than nine years ago, I said good-bye to my students and my classroom at Farmville Central High School to enter the world of retirement. After sitting out the required six months, I started teaching again – part-time in the English Department at East Carolina. My last class at ECU was May 2018. Since then, I have been fully retired.
Parrott students lead 2020 vision project
Having seen a lot of changes in the year 2020, Parrott Academy students have taken up the challenge of helping others see clearly by collecting used eyeglasses to donate to the Lions Club.
Greene County Schools releases expectations for parents and students ahead of first day of school
From Greene County Schools:
School will be different when it begins in August. Learning may happen in the classroom and remotely, or only remotely. We encourage you to read this brochure with your children so everyone knows what to expect when school starts. All of us – students, families, teachers, and school staff – can help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Working together we will keep our schools and communities strong. Read the attached documents to help prepare for the start of school