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School board eyes $7.1 million in cuts – Rocky Mount Telegram

NASHVILLE – During last year’s budgeting season, then Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Superintendent Rick McMahon referred to the cuts facing the school district as the perfect storm.

This year, Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson is using those same words. (More)

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Nash-Rocky Mount board elects new leaders – Rocky Mount Telegram

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education voted for a change of guard Monday at its regularly scheduled meeting.

The school board voted unanimously to elect board vice chairwoman Evelyn Bulluck as chairwoman and elect Franklin Lamm of District 3 as the new vice chairman. Bulluck has previously served as chairwoman. (More)

Teacher suspended after arrest on drug charges – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools has taken disciplinary action after a teacher was arrested Friday in a pot bust by Nash County deputies. (Paid Content)

Rocky Mount NC: High scores raise questions about validity of testing – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

How did Baskerville Elementary School achieve Annual Yearly Progress when the schools around it – O.R. Pope and D.S. Johnson Elementary schools – who have students from the same social and economic families, failed miserably on the same criteria?

There is surely something wrong, especially when the same students, by the tens, transfer in and out – rotating among the three elementary schools every year. (Read more)

Note: I have been waiting to see a response on this matter from folks in Rocky Mount. You gotta read this story in full to get the full effect of what this letter to the editor is saying. Since I follow Edgecombe County Public Schools, I can’t relate to this but if I don’t see a response soon, I will have to contact somebody to see if I can get a response. Curmilus Dancy II – DCN Publisher

Tarboro NC – SCHOOL BOARD REDISTRICTING/ TOWN OF TARBORO INFORMATION – UPDATED 8/3/2011

SCHOOL BOARD REDISTRICTING/ TOWN OF TARBORO INFORMATION – UPDATED 8/3/2011

Representative Bryant is looking to provide constituents with as much up to date information as possible regarding the redistricting process. The information that follows attempts to represent the most current statistics, maps, and contact information available. We will continuously update this information as more is gathered. If you have any questions/concerns/comments, please contact Karon Hardy at 919-733-5878 or by email at bryantla@ncleg.net.

School Districts

Edgecombe County Public Schools

Contacts:

Dr. Wayne Talley (Superintendent): 2526412657

Juanita Westry (Executive Assistant to the Superintendent): 2526412657

Rose (secretary): 2526412657

Evelyn Wilson (School Board Chair): 2529777462

Adam Mitchell (Attorney doing mapping work): 9198214711; AMitchell@tharringtonsmith.com

Status: On Monday,. Aug 8^th, Edgecombe County Schools will have their first informational meeting with their attorney, Johnathan Blumberg. The Law Office of Tharrington Smith has been hired to facilitate the redistricting efforts. Edgecombe County Schools will be using Adam Mitchell as their attorney. They will provide a work plan/schedule following this initial meeting.

Nash/Rocky Mount Schools

Nash County

Contacts:

Vanessa (Assistant): 12524595220

Mark Strickland (Special Assistant for Auxiliary Services): 12524622525

Bob Jenkins (Chair of School Board): 12524462583

Adam Mitchell (Attorney doing mapping work): 19198214711; AMitchell@tharringtonsmith.com

Status: Nash Rocky Mount Schools will have their first informational meeting with their attorney on Monday, Aug. 22^nd. The Law Offices of Tharrington Smith has been hired to facilitate the redistricting efforts. Nash/Rocky Mount Schools will be using Adam Mitchell as their attorney. They will provide a work plan/schedule following this initial meeting.

Tarboro

Contacts:

Mr. Lewis (planning): 12526414229

Diane Johnson (assistant to manager): 12526414250; dianejohnson@tarboro-nc.com

Sam Noble (City Manager): 12526414250; samnoble@tarboro-nc.com

Adam Mitchell (Attorney doing mapping work): 19198214711; AMitchell@tharringtonsmith.com

Status: The Town of Tarboro will have an informational meeting after their Town Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 8. The Law Offices of Tharrington Smith has been hired to facilitate the redistricting efforts. The Town of Tarboro will be using Adam Mitchell as their attorney. They will provide a work plan/schedule following this initial meeting.

Education leaders ‘not pleased’ with AYP results – Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

Six out of 42 schools in both Nash-Rocky Mount and Edgecombe County public school districts met the federal standards for Adequate Yearly Progress in the 2010-11 school year. (Read more)

Manley, McMahon leave community a better place–Source: The Rocky Mount Telegram

Rocky Mount bids goodbye today to two public servants who made a big difference in our community — Rocky Mount Police Chief John Manley and Nash-Rocky Mount Superintendent Rick McMahon. (Read more)