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.