Back To School

Instead of using multiple years of test data, this year’s budget bases principal compensation on just the 2021-22 school year, when schools were still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

While Thursday was only the first day of school, the students and staff of Washington County Early College High School are excited for what the school year will hold.

Beaufort County Schools says the Stuff the Bus event will take place at the Washington Walmart parking lot on August 20th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

According to state leaders, vaccine-preventable diseases, such as chicken pox, meningitis, measles, pertussis (whooping cough), and others are still seen across North Carolina.

School supplies will be directly donated to K-12 students of Pitt County Schools.

The Stuff the Bus event is going on until 6 p.m. Friday, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, at the Walmart and Staples in Morehead City.

Thursday, teams across Carteret County took part in training at West Carteret High School in Morehead City, focusing on emergency response to an active shooter on campus.

The option comes after a school board meeting on Monday maintained, by a vote of 4-3, that masks be optional for students and faculty in Lenoir County Public schools.

The update outlined in the latest state coronavirus toolkit eliminates quarantine time for exposed students who are fully vaccinated under certain circumstances.

The teacher workday in districts like Pitt County Schools and Craven County Schools will give staff and students a break.

The boy charged with aggravated assault has been suspended from the high school for 10 days and will go to juvenile court for his assault charges.

School systems are working through supply chain issues that have caused them to cut down on giving out certain materials.

The decision passed in a 5-2 vote Monday night during a school board meeting.

Pitt County Schools will continue to require masks when inside buildings and on buses.

All school systems that spoke to WITN say they will only test students with the consent of the parent.

The need for bus drivers across the nation remains a major issue and school systems here in the East are dealing with these problems as well.

Back on August 27th, the board of education voted that only students in grades 6-12 would have to wear masks, though it was strongly recommended that students in K-5 wear them.

The board had previously made masks optional on August 19th.

Coronavirus cases continue to spike all around North Carolina, and the surge in cases is again threatening to close schools and send students back to virtual learning. It’s with that in mind that educators are pleading with the community to help them slow the spread of COVID-19.

Many students in Eastern North Carolina returned to school Monday morning. A Pitt County School revealed how they plan to keep students and faculty members safe amid the pandemic.

Although both events were held separately, the meaning behind their efforts were the same.

The Tyrrell County School Board voted to require masks be worn inside all school properties.

The Craven County School Board has released new guidance for indoor and outdoor extracurricular activities.

Onslow County continues with optional mask requirement as school officials gear up for new semester.

ECU students will be moving back onto Wednesday-Friday

Community college sees highest boost in new student enrollment in the state.

The new school year is just days away, and now many districts across the state are racing to update safety protocols for students and staff as coronavirus cases continue to surge.

Students and staff heading back to Beaufort County Schools on Monday, August 23rd will have to mask up.

The university expects 5,200 students to live on campus this year.

The pool of teachers had been limited even before the pandemic started, according to Martin Co. Schools superintendent David Fonseca.