After the rally, attendees headed into a public hearing on the proposed budget, which includes a requested increase of nearly $44 million from the county.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aiming to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. State and local officials are working to determine what the impact will be on North Carolina’s public schools.
The list contains 18 requests. Some of them are monetary, like providing $5 million to Guilford County Schools to sustain a high-dosage tutoring program, where tutors meet with students in small groups multiple times a week.
The Guilford County community celebrated the opening of the new Foust Gaming and Robotics Elementary School Monday night, just under a month after it opened for students.
Guilford County's average score for fourth grade math was slightly higher than the pre-pandemic average in 2019, and there were increases for both high and low-performing student groups.
Page High School was slated to be rebuilt in the district's facilities master plan from 2019, but with rising construction costs, the district can’t currently afford it.
In a few weeks, Northwest Guilford High School students will perform three songs in the New Year's Day parade in Rome for an audience of roughly 25 million people — including the Pope.
Four Guilford County school board members were sworn in Tuesday evening. One outgoing member, who had been embroiled in a years-long controversy, vowed to run for the seat again in the future.