Low Income Students At Disadvantage In Remote Learning
The Guilford County Board of Education voted to begin the school year with nine weeks of remote learning and no in-person classroom teaching.
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Posted by John Hammer | Aug 8, 2020 | News
The Guilford County Board of Education voted to begin the school year with nine weeks of remote learning and no in-person classroom teaching.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 8, 2020 | News
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper continues his mantra that his decisions on closing down the state’s economy and keeping it closed are based on “the science, the data and the facts.”
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 7, 2020 | News
South Elm Street downtown will be closed to vehicles on Friday evening and Saturday to allow people to enjoy a pedestrian-friendly street experience.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 7, 2020 | News
The $600 per week federal unemployment supplement expired on July 31 and, as of yet, no agreement has been reached in Washington to replace it, which makes some of the other programs funded by the CARES Act more important.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 7, 2020 | News
The Greensboro City Council will hold a work session on Tuesday, Aug. 11 on consent searches conducted by the Greensboro Police Department (GPD).
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Sunday, August 2, Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Councilmember Sharon Hightower participated in a discussion with A.J. Morgan, who was an organizer of the protests in Greensboro on May 30 and May 31 that ended in vandalism, fires and looting as well as protests at Friendly Shopping Center, Battleground Avenue and Wendover Avenue in June.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 6, 2020 | News
Gov. Roy Cooper saw his shadow today and ordered five more weeks of shutdown.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 5, 2020 | News
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 5, 2020 | News
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) claims it doesn’t pay much attention to State Treasurer Dale Folwell. If that’s true then there sure are a lot of strange coincidences.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 4, 2020 | News
Greensboro City Councilmember Sharon Hightower had a wish granted last week on Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise (MWBE) goals.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 4, 2020 | News
The most notable aspect of the virtual Greensboro City Council meeting on Monday, August 3 was the difficulty with the internet.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 1, 2020 | News
It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good, and although a wind can’t get much worse than the coronavirus, it has created a favorable climate for those rezoning property in Greensboro.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 1, 2020 | News
Volkswagen is buying an electric bus for Greensboro.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Aug 1, 2020 | News
The state legislature lead by Republicans and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper haven’t gotten along too well. In fact, the two sides could never even agree on a budget, but they did agree on House Bill 77 that made major changes to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 31, 2020 | News
The Greensboro Public Library has announced that beginning August 1 it will no longer charge fines for overdue books.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 31, 2020 | News
The City of Greensboro is not writing parking tickets for vehicles parked at expired meters downtown.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 30, 2020 | News
The Greensboro City Council is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting on Monday, August 3 at 5:30 p.m.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 30, 2020 | News
National Night Out – traditionally held the first Tuesday in August, which this year would be Tuesday, August 4 – has been postponed to Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 30, 2020 | News
The announcement on Monday, July 27 that tickets for the Sting concert with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 19 would go on sale August 1 seemed like a light at the end of the tunnel.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 30, 2020 | News
Although it seems like everything has changed in 2020, one thing that apparently has not is crime.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 30, 2020 | News
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced on Wednesday, July 29 that it will be playing football and all fall Olympic sports this year.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 29, 2020 | News
The City of Greensboro was notified this week by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) that it was certified as a LEED city at the Silver Level.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 28, 2020 | News
The Guilford County Board of Education on Tuesday, July 28 voted to begin the first nine weeks of the 2020-2021 school year virtually on August 17.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 28, 2020 | News
The Guilford College Board of Trustees announced on Monday, July 27 that it had hired an interim president.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 27, 2020 | News
The mainstream media trumpets the number of total COVID-19 cases in the state every time it increases more than usual.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 27, 2020 | News
How public schools will reopen on August 17 is a hot topic right now, particularly for teachers, parents and students.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 25, 2020 | News
At Greensboro City Council meetings, it is common to hear people talk about systemic racism, particularly in the Police Department.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 25, 2020 | News
Business North Carolina listed the top 25 job-creating projects in the past year ending on June 1, 2020.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 25, 2020 | News
The North Carolina State Board of Education met Friday, July 24 to adopt the guidelines proposed by Gov. Roy Cooper for reopening schools.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 25, 2020 | News
The world of 2020 is nothing at all like the world of 2019.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 23, 2020 | News
City Councilmember Goldie Wells has asked that Greensboro look into offering reparations like the City of Asheville has done.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 23, 2020 | News
The City of Greensboro’s pools and spraygrounds are closed for the summer because of the coronavirus, which should make the temporary spraygrounds being set up by city on Tuesdays and Thursdays through August 13 popular events.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 23, 2020 | News
The Greensboro City Council once again, on Tuesday, July 21, got hung up in a long discussion about the Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise (MWBE) program regarding an item on the consent agenda.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 23, 2020 | News
Greensboro is not quite at a population of 300,000 according to the City Fact Sheet released by the Greensboro Planning Department.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 22, 2020 | News
The Greensboro City Council abolished the Planning Board at the Tuesday, July 21 meeting.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 22, 2020 | News
The Greensboro City Council didn’t buy the “domino effect” argument and rezoned property at the corner of North Elm Street and Cone Boulevard to multi-family residential.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 22, 2020 | News
Juneteenth, June 19, will be a holiday for employees of the City of Greensboro beginning in 2021 following action taken by the City Council at the meeting Tuesday, July 21.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 21, 2020 | News
The Greensboro City Council has five rezoning requests on the agenda for the Tuesday, July 21 virtual meeting.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 20, 2020 | News
Former Greensboro City Councilmember Jamal Fox has accepted a job as the administrator for the City of Camas, Washington.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 20, 2020 | News
Schools can’t reopen with full in-person classes. Gyms, fitness centers and bars remained closed because North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says that his interpretation of the “the science, the data and the facts” is that it won’t be safe.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 20, 2020 | News
The Greensboro City Council is scheduled to meet virtually at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 21, and it’s going to be another long one.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 17, 2020 | News
First the national toilet paper shortage and now a national coin shortage – both caused by the coronavirus.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 17, 2020 | News
The 2019-2020 fiscal year ended June 30 and the 2020-2021 fiscal year began July 1 and Greene Street is still a one-way street through the middle of downtown Greensboro.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 16, 2020 | News
It’s beginning to look a lot like no high school football this year.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 16, 2020 | News
North Carolina State Treasurer Dale Folwell has called for the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to replace the chief operating officer and the chief financial officer.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 15, 2020 | News
Gov. Roy Cooper announced he is keeping the entire state in the more restrictive Phase 2 of his reopening plan on Tuesday, July 14.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 15, 2020 | News
The Raleigh City Council, on Tuesday, July 14, appointed Stormie Forte to fill a vacant seat, making her the first black woman to serve on the Raleigh City Council.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 15, 2020 | News
Gov. Roy Cooper announced that schools in North Carolina would reopen under a modified Plan B – which requires schools to operate at 50 percent capacity – on Tuesday, July 14.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 13, 2020 | News
According to an unofficial survey, a vast majority of people in the area want public schools students to be back in the classroom in the upcoming school year.
Read MorePosted by John Hammer | Jul 13, 2020 | News
The North Carolina Folk Festival announced on Monday, July 13 that the 2020 version of the festival from Friday, Sept. 11 through Sunday, Sept. 13 will be a virtual event.
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