Union County Schools

Over the last several months, we’ve watched a series of Charlotte-area school boards vote to bring students back to school earlier than the state’s school calendar allows. Board members have talked openly about their reasons for bringing students back earlier in August, such as getting exams done before winter break and synchronizing with community college calendars.

Students return to Charlotte-area schools this week after a holiday break that saw COVID-19 cases rise. Officials are watching how the return to classrooms affects the spread.

Employees of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Union County Public Schools will get retention bonuses as districts fight to hire and keep staff amid a harsh labor market.

North Carolina teachers must spend 80 hours a year learning new strategies based on the science of reading. Leaders scramble to find time and money to support them, saying teachers are exhausted but kids need the help.

In this week's fact check of North Carolina politics, we’re looking at claims made by two Charlotte-area school board members tying the rise in COVID-19 cases to illegal immigration at the southern border.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services revised its school safety guidelines last month based on updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Temperature checks and symptom screening as students arrive are no longer recommended.

School officials in North Carolina's Union County have apologized after racist hashtags were displayed on a classroom Twitter wall as part of a Civil War assignment for fourth graders.

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