School board tentatively agrees to trim $2.5M from increase in county budget request
Alamance-Burlington school board members are scheduled to continue discussing, and possibly vote on, a county budget request at their upcoming meeting Monday night.
Meanwhile, school...
School system considering $7.4 million renovation of former Sellars-Gunn school
Alamance-Burlington school board members put on their thinking caps this week to consider a possible renovation of Sellars Gunn Education Center – the former...
Teacher turnover at lowest rate in more than a decade
The Alamance-Burlington school system posted its lowest teacher turnover rate in more than a decade during the 2020-21 school year – though most ABSS...
ABSS will allow law enforcement’s drug-sniffing dogs to conduct random searches in middle and...
K-9 "officers" can detect illegal drugs, explosives, firearms, fire accelerants, and/or other illegal materials; use instituted by interim superintendent
Dogs will be patrolling the halls...
Was ABSS child nutrition director fired for bringing a gun to work?
QUESTION: Was the Alamance-Burlington school system’s director of Child Nutrition fired last week for bringing a handgun to work?
ANSWER: Yes, Pamela Bailey, the director...
Even school officials now report: remote learning contributed to poor performance
Over the past two years, concerns have multiplied among parents about whether their school-aged children were getting as good an education as prior to...
Last-hour filing brings out Democratic challenger to long-time Republican sheriff Terry Johnson
The last morning – actually, the last hour – of filing for political office for the 2022 elections brought out a Democratic challenger to...
Six file for three school board seats
Since filing reopened last Thursday, more candidates lined up for ABSS school board. Three seats are on the ballot for November.
The race has six...
Match-ups for Nov. elections taking shape; deadline for all is Fri. noon
If Alamance County’s Republicans had largely monopolized the early filing season – during the two days in December before filing was suspended by the...
Burlington parent, business executive to run for ABSS school board
A Burlington man whose daughter and son graduated from Williams High School announces this week that he is filing to run for the ABSS...
