Did Gibsonville private school do background check on teacher now charged with felony?
QUESTION: A teacher at a private school in Gibsonville was recently arrested, and she appears to have prior convictions. Don’t they do any kind...
State budget expands potential funds for private school tuition
A provision in the state budget that the General Assembly just passed expands the number of students in Alamance County who will be eligible...
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...
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...
Nearly half of county schools receive D & F school performance grades for 2022-23
Seventeen of the 35 Alamance-Burlington schools received a school performance grade of D or F for the 2022-23 school year, based on annual testing...
Former ABSS supt. Jim Merrill hired as interim in Orange County
Former Alamance-Burlington superintendent Dr. James (“Jim”) Merrill – who had also served as interim ABSS superintendent in 2022 – has been hired as the...
School board to keep vacant seat open – at least for now
Alamance-Burlington school board members agreed by consensus Wednesday afternoon to keep a vacant seat open for the foreseeable future.
The vacancy was created by the...
New high school ready for students for 2023-24 school year
Alamance-Burlington school board members got a sneak peek Wednesday morning at the county’s newest high school, Southeast High School, which is nearing completion along...
Retiring ACC president Algie Gatewood honored at Tues. reception
Approximately 100 Alamance County public officials and a host of dignitaries attended a retirement party Tuesday afternoon for Alamance Community College president Dr. Algie...
Keegan Lee of Burlington School receives Copland scholarship
Keegan Wynter Lee, daughter of Charmin and William Lee of Burlington and a senior at The Burlington School, is the recipient of The James...
