Iredell Statesville Schools

Fueled by federal COVID-19 money, Charlotte-area school districts are offering signing bonuses and other incentives to compete for staff in the final stretch before kids return to schools.

The Iredell-Statesville school board will have a new majority in December, and Tuesday's primary settled two of the four races. One remains too close to call, and the fourth had only one person in the race.

Three Charlotte-area school boards held primary races Tuesday, with Iredell-Statesville's Republican race effectively choosing three new board members.

School board chairs in Union County, Cabarrus County and Iredell-Statesville Schools aren't seeking reelection this year. Instead, all three are pursuing county commissioner seats.

Just before switching back to mandatory masks, Iredell-Statesville Schools moves eight schools into remote learning and quarantines more than 2,000 students because of COVID-19 exposure.

After sending almost 600 students into quarantine last week, Iredell-Statesville Schools will bring back mandatory masks to keep kids in school after COVID-19 exposure.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Iredell-Statesville Schools are boosting pay as they compete for subs to cover classes amid a pandemic-related teacher shortage.

Students are back in Charlotte-area schools but educators say shortages of teachers, bus drivers and substitutes make it tough to return to normal. As exhaustion sets in, administrators seek creative staffing solutions.

North Carolina education officials, Gov. Roy Cooper and local school board members say they're seeing increasing instances of threats, disruption and even violence at school board meetings. It comes amid national turmoil over COVID-19 measures.

Union County Public Schools, the largest district in North Carolina that’s not requiring masks inside schools, now has more than 10% of its students quarantined. Iredell-Statesville and Catawba County schools, which approved mask mandates Tuesday, are in the same situation.