Lisa O'Donnell

The money is the largest single gift in the school's history.

“This is an inflection moment in our community,” Mark Owens told a gathering of about 250 people

The school board voted 6-3 to approve a contract with Summit Search Solutions, an Asheville-based company.

"It hurts seeing my teachers cry, my favorite teachers who got me through stuff, when I was going through bullying," an East Forsyth student told the school board. "My counselors

"There is nothing that is good about this situation. It's messy and it hurts," said Chris Weikart, the Chief Officer of Human Resources. "It's going to impact a lot of

"A Little Prayer" will open next week at Aperture Cinema before its nationwide release.

A committee of people outside of the school district is being formed to review audit findings and ensure corrective measures are followed.

The school district failed to reduce staffing to align with declining enrollment, spent beyond its means and continued to provide bonuses to employees after federal COVID-19 relief dollars had expired.

“Without the federal pandemic-relief funds, there is every indication we would have been in this spot five years ago,” Interim Superintendent Catt Moore said.

"We cannot balance the budget without further reductions," Interim Superintendent Catty Moore said.

"You see them grow from someone who did not know what a letter is to picking up a book and understanding it and telling you what they've read," said Sarah

The school board is likely to decide in September what schools and programs to consolidate.

"There really was an early effort to control where Black and white families lived," author Karen Benjamin said.

Shakerra Jones submitted fraudulent applications to the city and county COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program in 2021-22 for her own benefit, court documents said.

"Ready for My Close-up" is a brisk read that movie fans will lap up. It includes a nugget tied to a Winston-Salem murder.

"I am bound and damned determined to figure out how we get through so we can be the district I know we can be."

Cost-cutting measures may include athletics and arts programs.

Projected enrollments presented to the school board in 2024 showed a potential of 5,700 empty seats in elementary schools by 2031-32.

Hoda Kotb's appearance coincides with the release of her new book, "Jump and Find Joy."

The $8.5 million would go toward paying down the district's debt to the state, now about $14 million.