Rockingham County Schools

Rockingham County Schools leaders are asking commissioners for $8 million more next year, citing rising costs and losses in state funding. But the county manager’s proposal keeps their budget flat.

Rockingham County Middle School will open as an emergency shelter Saturday morning and remain open until officials determine it’s no longer necessary.

The district was one of ten in North Carolina to receive a state lottery-funded grant for school construction.

A plan to add more school resource officers in Rockingham County next school year has stalled. The board of commissioners has instead earmarked other…