Commissioners mull more funds for maintenance of area schools
In any discussion about Alamance County’s budget, the proverbial 800-pound gorilla is inevitably going to be the Alamance-Burlington school system.
As the single largest recipient...
ABSS may ask for 35-44% county funding increase
Supt.’s preliminary budget = +$20 million over current year’s spending levels
Alamance-Burlington superintendent Dr. Aaron Fleming floated some eye-popping county budget numbers during the school...
ABSS teacher of the year now a contender for state’s teacher of the year...
Broadview Middle School teacher Chanel Jones has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 North Carolina Teacher of the Year.
The winner of the...
Is the Southern High School gym contaminated with lead or asbestos?
QUESTION: During a scheduled basketball game at Southern High School, the condition of the visitors’ bleachers was deplorable. The top row of the bleachers...
ABSS splits 4-3 on following state law for next year’s calendar, wants options for...
School board huddles with its lawyer for hour after getting letter threatening lawsuit and before vote
Alamance-Bur-lington school board members have received two demand letters...
State Reps. Riddell & Ross propose bill to allow future flexibility for ABSS calendar
State house representatives Dennis Riddell and Steve Ross – both Republicans whose legislative districts include portions of Alamance County – filed a bill on...
School board could vote on school calendar for 2025-26 at Mon. meeting
Alamance-Burlington school officials are conducting a second survey to gather additional feedback about whether students, families, and staff support starting and ending the upcoming...
ABSS audit: a comprehensive look
ABSS audit summary and consequences: $1.6M deficit spending from savings; no money to pay second part of former superintendent's severance package; same financial irregularities...
School calendar, lottery proceeds large focus of meeting among ABSS school board, county commissioners,...
An annual breakfast at the local school system headquarters has long been an opportunity for Alamance County’s commissioners to hash out their differences with...
ABSS finance officer: school system appears to have overpaid some school bus drivers since...
A nearly decade-old plan to create “hybrid positions” to address a chronic shortage of school bus drivers for the Alamance-Burlington school system appears to...
