School shooting in Texas likely to prompt ABSS to reevaluate budget priorities
The Alamance-Burlington school board is likely to revisit its funding priorities for the school system’s county budget request for the upcoming fiscal year in...
Sheriff says latest shooting highlights need for SROs in ABSS schools
Representatives from the Alamance County sheriff’s office assured The Alamance News Wednesday that each of the 13 schools within its jurisdiction – six ABSS...
Bus driver charged after Burlington accident Wed. afternoon
A bus accident on Wednesday afternoon in Burlington resulted in a two cars being smashed into one another, totaling one of the cars.
Burlington police...
School board members vote 7-0 to approve contract for high school athletic trainers but...
A seemingly mundane contract – to hire athletic trainers at each of the six Alamance-Burlington high schools through a local physical therapy clinic –...
ABSS Central Office staffing changes begin ahead of new superintendent’s July 1 start date
The incoming Alamance-Burlington superintendent, Dr. Dain Butler, is more than a month away from officially taking over but has apparently caused an exodus from...
Other job changes underway at ABSS Central Office
In addition to three previously-announced resignations in the Alamance-Burlington school system’s central office, several other position changes were listed as “information only items” on...
Increase in minimum wage prompts ABSS to seek 15 percent hike in ABSS daycare...
A plan to increase the minimum hourly wage for state government employees from $13 to $15 an hour is prompting Alamance-Burlington school officials to...
Future superintendent welcomed back home
Pictured from left to right are: Alamance-Burlington school board chairman Sandy Ellington-Graves, vice chairman Patsy Simpson, and the new ABSS superintendent, Dr. Dain Butler,...
Eastern High teacher is named ABSS Teacher of the Year
Medora Burke-Scoll has been named the Alamance-Burlington school system’s 2022 Teacher of the Year. Burke-Scoll was named the ABSS Teacher of the Year during...
Former ABSS executive to return as superintendent
The Alamance-Burlington school board voted during a special-called meeting Monday afternoon to hire Dr. Dain Butler as the next superintendent for ABSS.
An Alamance County...
