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Education

Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School in High Point is the first NC school named for a Latina person

Amy Diaz

High Point is now home to North Carolina's first school named after a Latina person. Guilford County Schools hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School this week.
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New Guilford schools to be named after civil rights pioneer and NASA mathematician

Neal Charnoff

Guilford County Schools will name new schools in honor of a civil rights pioneer and a NASA mathematician. On Tuesday, the Guilford County Schools Board…