A failing school system plans for more failure
We’ve been amused, though not terribly surprised, by the school system’s avoidance of any real accountability for the absolutely dismal academic performance reported by...
Blame-shifting: somehow ABSS’ poor performance is commissioners’ fault?
We were a bit surprised by some of the public’s reaction to last week’s headline – in print and online – that the school...
It’s high time for solutions, not excuses, for poor academic performance from ABSS
There are, inevitably, creative attempts by ABSS school officials to divert attention away from their own failures by blaming others for the school system’s...
Voices can’t be loud enough to make council listen about Sesquicentennial Park
We continue to be baffled by the obsession some Graham city council members have with removing the Sesquicentennial Park located at the northwest corner...
Lower graduation rates: another black eye for the school system
Well, we hate to pile on, but the bad news coming out of Raleigh with respect to the Alamance-Burlington school system just keeps on...
ABSS named one of the 20 worst school systems in the state
It will be interesting, indeed, to see the creative approach ABSS officials will try to take to explain away the absolutely dreadful, utterly dismal,...
Beware consultant’s estimates of ABSS growth
There are several alleged authors of the sentiment that “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Like unto it is...
Get ready for ‘crowded’ schools rhetoric despite declining ABSS enrollment
Step right up, folks. You’ll want to have your popcorn and refreshments ready to watch next week’s entertainment at the semi-monthly ABSS school board...
We print local news, not press releases for government officials
Printed elsewhere on this page is a letter, emailed Thursday morning from county attorney Rik Stevens, expressing his strenuous objection to what he characterized...
Burlington’s pickleball boondoggle goes from bad to worse
We’ve long thought that the city of Burlington’s infatuation with pickleball, and the city council’s commitment to spend millions of tax dollars on additional...
