Alamance-Burlington School System

Legislators have allocated $3.2 million to the Alamance-Burlington School System for an AI School Safety Pilot Program. It will likely be a couple of months before the district decides whether or not to move forward with it.

Alamance County Commissioners have agreed to allocate an additional $7.3 million to the local public school system for capital projects. The move comes after the district initiated a budget dispute last month.

Alamance County commissioners and school board members met for over seven hours Monday to resolve a budget dispute, but couldn’t reach a compromise.

Alamance County commissioners and school board members are meeting on Monday to discuss a dispute over district funding.

The Alamance-Burlington School System Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution stating that commissioners didn’t allocate enough money in next year’s budget to “support a system of free public schools.”

Alamance-Burlington School System officials say increased operating costs and proposed state raises for teachers are putting a strain on finances.

The number of AP exam scores qualifying for college credit in the Alamance-Burlington School System last year more than doubled since 2023.

The money was slated to fund teacher coordinators, multilingual specialists, literacy tutors, counselors and more.

At a meeting on Tuesday, ABSS board members discussed a proposed contract with Yondr, a company that creates lockable pouches for students to put their phones away, but keep them on their person.

While board members said there were several strong applicants, Hall won them over. He's a professor of exercise science, assistant provost for scholarship and creative activity and director of undergraduate research.