School board OKs using up to $1M in federal stimulus funding to rent dehumidifiers
School board members voted unanimously, 6-0, Tuesday afternoon to approve a request by the administration to amend an application to use up to approximately...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: Did mold remediation and air quality testing companies provide the same...
QUESTION: I am a past local contractor for the Alamance-Burlington school system and was looking at the board meeting agenda for Tuesday’s meeting and...
Jaw-dropping 5-year costs of $225M proposed by Superintendent
The county’s search for spare cash to mold-proof area schools has been thrown for a loop on Friday when Alamance County’s manager Heidi York...
Commissioners consider next steps, financial options in ongoing mold discussions with ABSS
After two weeks of delays and $18.5 million in decontamination expenses, the Alamance-Burlington school system has been officially declared free of invasive mold.
But while...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: Is ABSS planning to go remote?
QUESTION: Is the Alamance-Burlington school system planning to start the new school year on Monday with remote instruction (i.e., online) – instead of in-person?...
AN ALAMANCE NEWS COMPREHENSIVE REPORT – For ABSS, more bad news: graduation rates down...
As if ABSS didn't have enough problems with 32 schools having mold problems – 16 of them at toxigenic levels – newly-released state data...
THE PUBLIC ASKS: How is it not dangerous to for athletes to be in...
QUESTION: Every Alamance-Burlington high school had a home game last Friday night (September 1). How is it not dangerous for athletes to be in...
Why wasn’t ABSS superintendent at meeting with commissioners on Friday?
QUESTION: The Alamance-Burlington school board held a meeting Friday afternoon – the third such meeting last week – to ask Alamance County’s commissioners to...
Commissioners vote another $3.9M for mold cleanup in ABSS schools on Tuesday; total now...
The cost of mold removal has continued to grow for the Alamance-Burlington school system, as more and more of the school system’s facilities have...
Four-year graduation rate declines for second year in a row
The Alamance-Burlington school system’s four-year graduation rate declined for a second consecutive year by six-tenths of a percentage point, from 85.9 percent in 2021-22...
