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SNOW DAYS: Memorial Day Holiday Now School Day For Some Students

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Last Updated: 1:03 PM 02/09/10 - Edgecombe County schools were out three days last week and must make up those lost days. - (Full Story)

Hertford Grammar Principal Honored

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Last Updated: 6:47 AM 02/09/10 - Dianne Meiggs is competing to be 2010 Wachovia North Carolina Principal of the Year. - (Full Story)

	SBI Investigating ENC School System 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:10 PM 02/08/10 - District Attorney Dewey Hudson called for the investigation into Duplin County Schools after a few items on a 2008 audit of the school system concerned him. (Full Story)
	BRRRR! Heating Problem Closes Down High School 12 Comments Last Updated: 2:55 PM 02/08/10 - A broken heating system forced Washington High School to close early on Monday. (Full Story)
	Choosing Child Care 9 Comments Last Updated: 9:26 AM 02/08/10 - It's a huge decision, but there are incredible resources available to you. Even better, the resources are free and easy to use. (Full Story)
	Two-Inch Toy Gun In School Means Trouble For Fourth Grader 32 Comments Last Updated: 11:47 AM 02/05/10 - New York City fourth-grader was sent to the principal's office and nearly suspended for bringing a 2-inch toy gun to school. (Full Story)
	Alleged Re-Segregation In Wayne County Schools Being Investigated 31 Comments Last Updated: 11:50 PM 02/04/10 - The NAACP says the US Department of Justice has joined the Department of Education in looking at the case. (Full Story)
	ECU State Of The University Address 3 Comments Last Updated: 9:36 AM 02/04/10 - Faced with the loss of millions and millions of dollars in the coming years, ECU students wonder what that will mean for them, particularly when it comes to tuition. (Full Story)
	Black History Month Reports 26 Comments Last Updated: 9:13 AM 02/04/10 - WITN's Cassandra Bell brought us our first of several "Black History" reports this month at 6:00 pm Wednesday. (Full Story)
	Mommy This Is An Emergency 78 Comments Last Updated: 1:37 PM 02/04/10 - An Illinois mother is outraged after she said her daughter was forced off a school bus nearly a mile away from home in sub-freezing temperatures. (Full Story)
	Making Up Snow Days 2 Comments Last Updated: 8:25 PM 02/03/10 - Students in two eastern Carolina school districts will head back to the classroom Thursday for the first time since the weekend winter storm. (Full Story)
	State Board Takes No Action On Bear Grass Request 210 Comments Last Updated: 9:23 AM 02/05/10 - Some seventy supporters of Bear Grass School filled the State Board of Education meeting in Raleigh Thursday morning, hoping to get charter status for the soon to be closed school. (Full Story)
	Corolla Education Foundation To Seek Charter School 4 Comments Last Updated: 8:45 AM 02/03/10 - A charter school is being proposed for the Outer Banks to eliminate the hours spent going to and from school each day. (Full Story)
	Kinston Charter Academy Asks AG's Office To Step In Dispute 37 Comments Last Updated: 3:05 PM 02/03/10 - A charter school is asking the North Carolina Department of Justice to require a county school district to cough up funds it claims is owed. (Full Story)
	New Info: School Bus Accident In Pasquotank County 27 Comments Last Updated: 9:14 PM 01/27/10 - The driver of a pickup truck which struck a loaded school bus Tuesday outside of Elizabeth City is in serious condition at a Norfolk hospital. (Full Story)
	College 'Gender Gap' Favoring Women Stops Growing 0 Comments Last Updated: 6:19 AM 01/26/10 - A new report finds that the "gender gap" between college men and women has stopped growing. (Full Story)
	Family Says School Asked Boy To Take Part In Drug Sting 11 Comments The family of a 12-year-old boy is suing the Los Angeles school district, claiming that three administrators asked the student to take part in a drug sting operation. (Full Story)
	NEW INFO: Driver Charged After School Bus Accident 20 Comments Last Updated: 9:28 PM 01/22/10 - The accident sent five children to the hospital. It happened Friday morning in Edgecombe County. (Full Story)
	Which School In Eastern Carolina Will Win A Classroom Jeopardy? 93 Comments Last Updated: 8:47 AM 01/30/10 - A Jeopardy! clue crew member is coming to Eastern Carolina, and we'll soon announce which school will win a Classroom Jeopardy! (Full Story)
	Charter Advocates Worried State Won't Reach Goal 0 Comments Last Updated: 2:53 PM 01/19/10 - Advocates for charter schools say North Carolina's restrictive laws to create and manage them could prevent the state from winning up to $470 million in federal education grants this spring. (Full Story)
	NC Applies For Federal Education Money 4 Comments Last Updated: 9:35 PM 01/18/10 - North Carolina is seeking almost $470 million in federal education funds from a grant that rewards states for innovation and improved student performance. (Full Story)
	North Carolina Applies For Federal Education Money 3 Comments Last Updated: 3:27 PM 01/18/10 - Gov. Beverly Perdue's office said the application for money from the $4.5 billion "Race to the Top" initiative was mailed this past weekend. (Full Story)
	New Info: Memorial Service Set For Late Principal 3 Comments Last Updated: 8:53 AM 01/20/10 - Northside High School's principal Albert James passed away Saturday. (Full Story)
	College 'Gender Gap' Stops Growing 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:34 AM 01/26/10 - A new report finds that the "gender gap" between college men and women has stopped growing. (Full Story)
	PCC 2010 Scholarship Auction Set For February 16th Last Updated: 3:28 PM 01/15/10 - The Pitt Community College Foundation's Scholarship Auction Roundup will be held on February 16th at Greenville's Rock Springs Center. (Full Story)
	Pitt County Student Has Bacterial Meningitis 20 Comments Last Updated: 9:02 PM 01/13/10 - A Pitt County student was diagnosed and hospitalized Wednesday with bacterial meningitis. (Full Story)
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