COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF STATE REPORT CARD: most ABSS schools improve, but one-third remain on...
Comprehensive coverage of the state department of instruction's (DPI) annual report card on school performance across North Carolina. Last year's list put the school...
DPI report card: 15 schools improve, 3 continue to get Fs
Twenty-two (61 per-cent) of the 36 Alamance-Burlington schools received a School Performance Grade of C or better for the 2025-26 school year, based on...
ABSS off state’s list of ‘low performing’ school districts; last year it was one...
The Alamance-Burlington school system is no longer designated as a low-performing school district, based on the latest annual academic results released Wednesday by the...
ABSS begins school year with 47 teacher vacancies, fewest over last four years
The Alamance-Burlington school system began the new 2026-27 school year on Monday with 47 teaching vacancies, ABSS officials told The Alamance News Wednesday.
The number...
ABSS considers outsourcing classified positions to rein in healthcare and retirement costs
Alamance-Burlington school officials are looking at the possibility of transferring its classified employees – i.e., those whose positions don’t require a state educator’s license...
Former Eastlawn principal asks judge to reverse ABSS’s decision not to renew her contract
The former principal of Eastlawn Elementary School is asking a superior court judge to reverse the Alamance-Burlington school board’s decision this spring not to...
Pair of lawsuits filed against former ABSS teacher and school board over assaults...
Two nearly identical lawsuits have been filed against the Alamance-Burlington school board and a former Exceptional Children’s teacher at Andrews Elementary School who recently...
County commissioners, school board agree to allocate additional $7.3 million in capital funding for...
Alamance County’s commissioners have agreed to allocate an additional $7.3 million in funding for building repairs and maintenance to the Alamance-Burlington school system in...
Harvard study finds ABSS third through eighth grade students behind 88% of nation...
A recent Harvard and Stanford University study concluded that the Alamance-Burlington school system is more than a full grade behind in reading and math...
ABSS likely to freeze county supplement for teachers if governor signs state budget with...
Alamance-Burlington school officials forecast Wednesday afternoon that the county-funded supplement for ABSS employees will remain frozen at their current levels if the state budget...
