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The longtime practice of holding graduation ceremonies outdoors, an eventual casualty to the threat of inclement weather, will be restored at four LCPS high schools at month’s end as they respond to public health recommendations and the desire of families to see their students awarded diplomas.
Kinston, North Lenoir and South Lenoir high schools will hold commencements on their football fields and Lenoir County Learning Academy will host graduation on the grounds of the chapel at Kennedy Home, where the alternative school is located.
Mr. Brent Williams, Superintendent of Lenoir County Public Schools (LCPS), was named the 2021 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year at an awards presentation and reception held Thursday, Dec. 3.
Congratulations to LCPS Superintendent Brent Williams, who was today named 2020 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year.
At Monday’s Lenoir County School Board meeting, it was announced that Superintendent Brent Williams was awarded the 2020/2021 Southeast Region Superintendent of the Year and is a nominee for State Superintendent of the Year. Today, members of the school district, school board members, county and city officials rode in their cars with signs, balloons, and even silly string as they passed Williams who thanked each participant as they drove past.
The Lenoir County Public School board voted on a hybrid option of Governor Cooper’s Plan B guidelines to reopening public school. W.D. Anderson made a motion for, “I move that Lenoir County Public Schools start the 2020/21 school year under Plan B - Transition, with the first 9 weeks virtual instruction. In-person instruction to begin with grades Pre-K through 2 and students with special needs in the second nine weeks, pending a two-week decline in COVID cases and a 5% or less positive testing rate for 14 days prior to the first day of in-person instruction, as reported by the Department of Public Instruction for Lenoir County.” The motion was seconded by Elijah Woods and passed by a 4-3 margin.
Lenoir County Public Schools Board Chairman Keith King and Superintendent Brent Williams discuss what happens after May 15, graduation for seniors, providing meals to students while out of school and more.
LCPS Superintendent Brent Williams stated in an email to parents this evening, “Please remember our no-cost meal service each day from 10:30am -12:30pm to various school sites. We served over 900 students today a breakfast and lunch meal for a total of over 1,800 meals served. We would like to see even more young people--- students or anyone else age 18 and younger--- take advantage of this opportunity.”
Neuse News Publisher BJ Murphy was joined by Lenoir County Public Schools Superintendent Brent Williams and Lenoir County Board of Commissioners Chair Linda Rouse Sutton this afternoon at 1:00. They discussed the latest on COVID-19 and its impact on our county and public school system.
UPDATE: In response to Gov. Roy Cooper's executive order closing all public schools in the state for at least two weeks effective Monday, March 16, LCPS has designated Monday as a required teacher workday. Schools will be open for students and parents to recover any educational or personal items that they may need during the time our schools are closed. Monday also will be an opportunity for parents and students to pick up any school-issued iPads that they might not have already. More information on school access Monday will be provided Sunday afternoon.
ORIGINAL: “Monday, March 16, 2020 has been designated as a statewide teacher and staff workday. In preparation for such a possibility of missed school days related to this crisis, LCPS staff members have been working hard to create a range of online and traditional print-version supplemental resources and activities that will help students remain engaged in learning while the schools are closed. We are working now to complete those plans. Plans will be shared with you as soon as possible on how to access the various learning opportunities during this or even a more extended closure.”
Conceding the challenges of the jobs that each of them do in trying to move the county forward, leaders of Lenoir County Public Schools, Lenoir County commissioners and the county’s two members of the N.C. General Assembly touted the benefits of cooperation during LCPS’s 2020 Legislative Breakfast on Monday.
The family of a Frink Middle School student mourns the loss of their daughter after an ATV incident on Saturday. The incident is currently being investigated by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol per Captain Stephen L. Thompson of Wyse Fork Volunteer Fire & Rescue.
LCPS made significant gains in results released by the state on Wednesday.
Superintendent Brent Williams addresses staff members at Contentnea-Savannah K-8 School on Monday, the first day of a back-to-school tour that will take the superintendent and members of his leadership team to all LCPS schools and support operations.
Two new principals for a pair of Lenoir County elementary schools were named at Monday’s Lenoir County School Board meeting.
