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Education

WS/FCS considers adding 15 minutes to school days to make up for weather closures

5:00am January 22, 2025

The state requires 1,025 hours of instruction per academic year. However, with multiple school closures due to snow and other weather-related events, the district is about 13 hours short.

Education

Guilford County Schools to hold public hearing on two school closures

4:03pm November 22, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Two Guilford County schools could close next year as the district moves forward with its $2 billion facilities master plan. The district will hold a public hearing on the closures on Dec. 12.

Joel Joseph in the clothing shop where he worked with a friend during the pandemic.

Health & Safety
Education

Whatever happened to the teens who endured the world's longest COVID school closure?

1:41pm September 01, 2022

Ugandan schools were shut for nearly 2 years due to the pandemic. High schoolers were glad to see the shutdown end early this year. But for many, school fees stand in the way of a return to class.