As the coronavirus sidelines huge numbers of educators, school districts around the country are aggressively recruiting substitute teachers, offering bonuses and waiving certification requirements in order to keep classrooms open.
Officials with the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association (NCPLDA) say Sylvia King has been awarded the Library Friend of the Year 2020 for her volunteer work with the Catawba County Library.
All Fort Mill schools will be moving to virtual learning December 17th and December 18th due to the possibility of community spread of the coronavirus in several schools, according to a news release.
Some frontline health care workers in South Carolina received vaccinations for COVID-19 on Monday as the state looks to quickly distribute its first shipments of the vaccine.
Officials with National Pawn say they are donating over 100 musical instruments to Arts+, a North Carolina-based nonprofit, for their 10th annual donation supporting students through music education across North Carolina.
The Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board voted to move to all-remote learning amid concerns about rising COVID cases.
COVID cases are increasing in the district.
With new COVID-19 cases reaching record levels in South Carolina, a teachers group is asking districts to go back to all-virtual teaching until this second spike in the virus can be flattened.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services say they are launching a pilot program to deploy rapid coronavirus testing in K-12 public schools in order to quickly identify students and staff who test positive.
Officials with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools update COVID-19 case numbers at schools in our area.
This would be based on staffing shortages or health concerns.
Kathy Elling, CMS chief school performance officer, will walk through the CMS metrics dashboard today to breakdown COVID-19 cases across the school system.
Livingstone College officials say 23-year-old Jamesha Waddell died on November 19th from serious complications after contracting coronavirus.
A former Salisbury High School teacher is facing a felony charge after authorities say he had sexual contact with a child earlier this month.
The coronavirus is impacting the return to in-person learning for Charlotte-Mecklenburg middle school students. Most will now return January 5th instead of November 23rd, because more than 100 school bus drivers are on leave.
It has been a week since multiple Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools opened their doors again for in-person learning to thousands of Kindergarten through 5th grade students.
