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Greensboro Schedules School Relocation Tours
The Guilford County School district is giving parents and students more information about where they will be attending school next week. This comes after a tornado ravaged eastern Greensboro.
The district is offering open house tours for students that will be relocating. Erwin Montessori, Peeler and Hampton elementary schools sustained damage and are currently closed.
The tours take place this Sunday, and transportation will be provided for those in need. The new ‘receiving' schools are Bluford, Alamance, and Reedy Fork Elementary.
Detailed information on the open houses is available on Guilford County Schools' website.
Vice President Pence Visiting Greensboro
Vice President Mike Pence will visit the Triad Friday for a fundraiser in Greensboro.
Pence will reportedly be attending a fundraiser at the Greensboro Country Club in support of Rep. Mark Walker.
Walker is the chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee, a job the vice president once held.
Activists say they'll gather near the country club to protest Pence's visit.
They say they're organizing because Pence is visiting Greensboro for the fundraiser, but not to visit the parts of town devastated by Sunday's tornado. They're also protesting some of Walker's votes.
Pence is scheduled to attend a separate event in Charlotte later in the day focused on tax reform.
Cooper Unveils School Safety, Mental Health Recommendations
Gov. Roy Cooper wants legislators to set aside tens of millions of dollars for public school and college building safety improvements and millions more for school-based counselors, psychologists and police officers.
Cooper announced Thursday at an Orange County high school what he will include in his state budget proposal for school safety and youth mental health services. Those areas have gained attention since 17 people died in a Florida school shooting in February.
Triad College Interim President To Start May 1
A college in the Triad has selected an interim president to take over May 1.
Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem said in a news release Wednesday that Sandra J. Doran will lead the women's liberal arts school while a nationwide search is conducted for a permanent president.
Salem President Lorraine Sterritt announced her resignation in January and has accepted a position as president of Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont. Sterritt will begin her duties there in July.
Doran most recently served as the national program director of the New England Board of Higher Education in Boston and as entrepreneur in residence at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
NC Highway Patrol Joins Effort To Reduce Wrecks On I-95
The North Carolina Highway Patrol is joining a multi-state effort to reduce wrecks along the Interstate 95 corridor.
The Drive to Save Lives Campaign is a two-day effort supported by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and eastern states. The campaign is intended to increase visibility of law enforcement.
The campaign begins Friday and continues on Saturday.