5/20/22
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Beaufort Elementary School students learn how to grieve
When Beaufort Elementary School Principal Karen Wood woke up on Friday, March 18, she was looking forward to having lunch with her school’s music teacher, Alice Cashwell. Cashwell had been undergoing aggressive treatment for pancreatic and liver cancer since September,...
Perspective | Megastate, megametros, and facing North Carolina’s future
The Raleigh-Durham region ranks sixth and the Charlotte metropolitan area ranks 30th in the “150 best places to live” list published this week by U.S. News and World Report. Once a weekly printed news magazine, now an online publication, U.S....
The Editor’s Notes
Courtesy of our mountain philosopher, Superintendent Jeff McDaris, here is our playlist for the weekend.
I’m updating the article on superintendent turnover in real time. We are up to 22. Please keep reaching out if you know of others!
ICYMI, a native of Bessemer City won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play Fat Ham, an interpretation of Hamlet that is set at a North Carolina barbecue that poses questions of identity, kinship, responsibility, and honesty. #loveNC
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A $1.25 Billion Bet
Learn more about The New Hanover Community Endowment, which according to its bylaws will focus on four main areas: education, health, safety, and economic opportunity. Read the rest
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Ed Dept will continue to waive financial aid verification rules for 2022-23
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A New Source for Mental Health Funds
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