In yesterday’s primary, Forsyth County voters overwhelmingly approved a quarter-cent sales tax hike that will boost supplemental pay for teachers in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School system. The margin was 59…
Winston-Salem Journal columnist Scott Sexton writes about the apparent miscommunication between Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Beverly Emory and county commissioners regarding local supplements to teacher pay: No matter how many…
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to put a referendum for a 1/4-cent sales tax hike on the November ballot. Funding from the sales tax hike–should voters approve…
Another notable quote, this time in the Winston-Salem Journal front-pager on underground contamination found on the site of Winston-Salem /Forsyth County Schools’ proposed $15 million middle school for special needs…
Two Forsyth County Commissioners — Gloria Whisenhunt and Walter Marshall —say ‘hold up’ on a ‘fast track’ funding plan to replace two schools. The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is…
Winston-Salem-Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Don Martin reassures ‘confused’ principals and teachers that the system will not become the state’s first charter school district anytime soon, even in light of state…
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Wiley Middle School and Parkland High School are the focus of an SBI investigation of whether or nor Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools promptly reported allegations of teacher misconduct. Wiley ESL teacher…
WSFCS Superintendent Don Martin on the state’s decision to pull school construction funds —-$37 million from the lottery —- to help balance the budget: “You can’t turn off the lights…
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office are unable to come to terms on the $2 million school resource officer (SRO) contract, so the school system will put…
A District Court judge has ordered the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system to turn over documents for prosecutors’ sexual battery case agains former Atkins High School principal Dan Piggott. Looks like…
Atkins executive principal Dan Piggott, under investigation for sexual assault on female employees, submits his resignation to WSFCS, but Superintendent Don Martin doesn’t accept it. Martin’s logic is WSFCS can’t…