Commissioners bump school board chairman from county planning board
The chairman of the Alamance-Burlington school board has been bounced from an appointed position that she had held for the better part of two...
Public records reveal open meetings violation; board took action by emails
Alamance-Burlington school board members apparently violated the state’s Open Meetings Law by effectively voting via email to approve increases in contracts for additional cleaning...
ABSS falls for phishing scam, which costs $300K; insurance to cover loss
The Alamance-Burlington School System was the victim on an online fraud earlier this fall that initially cost the school system more than $302,000 in...
School system gets part of $8.5M bailout despite friction with county commissioners
Alamance County’s commissioners rekindled an on-and-off feud with the Alamance-Burlington school system this week as they revisited a plea for a financial lifeline that...
Did ABSS boycott the Graham Christmas parade?
QUESTION: Who prohibited all of the ABSS bands from marching in the Graham Christmas parade and why? I heard it was because of the...
Southern High loyalists press for reinstatement of fired football coach
The latest meeting of the Alamance-Burlington school board drew an unprecedented squatting-room-only crowd and more than four dozen speakers who pleaded – at times,...
Rogers ready for school board service, sworn in Mon.
“To me, our school system is not about politics; it is about doing what is best for our students and our staff. We are...
School board reelects chairman, elects new vice chairman
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted 7-0 Monday night to reelect Sandy Ellington-Graves to a third, one-year term as the board’s chairman.
They also voted unanimously...
Audit: School system overspent last year’s budget
The results from the Alamance-Burlington school system’s latest audit revealed that ABSS had $102,038 in fund balance (i.e., “rainy-day savings”) as of June 30,...
Commissioners agree to roof repairs; postpone decision on additional requests
The top brass from the Alamance-Burlington school system may not have been feeling entirely thankful last week after their latest heart-to-heart with the county’s...
