Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Officials say the bid process should take around a month. If construction begins in August as expected, the project is estimated to take about a year and a half to complete.

At a school board meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent Tricia McManus announced plans to retire at the end of the school year in order to spend more time with her family, including her daughters and new grandson.

WS/FCS board members are frustrated — and facing more tough cuts — after a costly budgeting error, declining state allotments and a new potential county funding formula.

A handful of determined history teachers created the course from scratch with a goal of teaching students about women’s contributions and experiences that rarely make it into traditional history textbooks. 

Hundreds of teachers, students and parents gathered inside of the Mount Tabor High School auditorium Monday night for the third stop on State Superintendent Mo Green’s listening tour, called “Mo Wants to Know.” 

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.