Alamance-Burlington School System

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.

An Alamance-Burlington School System teacher is a finalist for the 2025 North Carolina Teacher of the Year award. On top of teaching sixth-grade social studies, Chanel Jones started a laundry service for students in need.

Aaron Fleming is currently the superintendent of Harnett County Schools, a role he’s held for the last seven years. He’s also been an agricultural education teacher, a policy advisor and was named the Sandhills Regional Superintendent of the Year twice in a row.