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Perspective | The cost of inaction is students left in limbo

by Amos Fodchuk | December 1, 2025

The following is Amos Fodchuk’s “Final Word” from the Nov. 14, 2025 episode of “Education Matters” from the Public School Forum of North Carolina on the impact of political uncertainty on school nutrition. On the first episode of Education Matters this school...

Meet the High Country community organization behind Watauga County’s first youth center

by Sophia Luna | December 1, 2025

Watauga County residents will soon have their first youth center.  Western Youth Network (WYN — pronounced “win”) has been championing the center since the organization’s founding in the 1980s. Headquartered in Boone, WYN partners with Appalachian youth and their families...

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The Editor’s Notes

N.C. DPI issued an advisory yesterday for a press conference on needs-based school construction grants to be held on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at noon. Here is more information. On Nov. 18, DPI previously released information about the 10 school districts receiving the grants.

Need to know

• Valerie Greenhill named president of the Southern Regional Education Board

  SREB | November 23, 2025

• Healthy holidays virtual nutrition classes

  Carolina Hunger Initiative | December 9, 2025

• One Month Left to Apply for Renew NC Housing Recovery Program Assistance

  Office of the NC Governor | December 1, 2025

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