This school year is beginning to wind down and Pitt County, like others, is looking ahead to next year appointing 4 new principals.

Greene County Middle School was wiped out by a tornado a couple years ago. Repairs are nearly complete, and students and staff are excited to finally be back in their school this fall.

School officials said some parents in Onslow County were alerted to an inappropriate item brought to school by a student, then confiscated by administrators.

School officials said parents of students at Pines Elementary in Washington County will get a note sent home with students Monday about an outbreak of scabies at the school.

Police said two teens are facing juvenile petitions after filing false police reports about an attempted abduction that never happened.

A bus with 38 middle schoolers on board had to pull over only about a mile and a half from the school Monday morning after a hose burst on the bus, according to school officials.

No students were hurt in what appears to be another hit and run accident involving a log truck, this time with a school bus.

Week 3: Greene Early College High School in Greene County was the site of Friday morning's third "How Cool Is Your School?" stop by WITN News at Sunrise.

An ECU Alert was sent to students early Friday morning that a student reported he was robbed after midnight.

Thick fog in some areas in the east have prompted a school delay.

East Carolina University students are taking final exams, and some dogs are helping students deal with their stress.

A bill creating a separate approval and oversight board for taxpayer-funded charter schools in North Carolina has passed the state Senate.

Eighteen-year-old David Cole Withrow was arrested Monday on a felony charge of bringing a weapon onto school grounds after he left the guns in his car at Princeton High School.

Customs officials are being ordered "effective immediately" to verify that every foreign student arriving in the U.S. has a valid student visa.

Bear Grass Charter School in Martin County was the site of Friday morning's second "How Cool Is Your School?" stop by WITN News at Sunrise.

A high school senior in the east is the first ever to be accepted to Harvard University from Pamlico County High School. It's s big deal for the small town of Bayboro.

May 1 marks 106 years since the university came into existence. The school will mark the milestone by honoring its best and brightest.

WITN's Teacher of the Week for May 1, 2013 is Vera Sykes from Pines Elementary School.

The art students at Croatan High School in Carteret County are finalists in the annual Vans Custom Culture shoe design contest.

UNC President Tom Ross says campus leaders and police chiefs are worried that allowing those weapons would increase public safety risks and hamper their ability to protect people on campus.

Gates County Schools and Hertford County Schools are running on a delay this morning due to heavy fog.

The Senate voted by a wide margin Thursday in favor of a bill directing state education leaders to ensure students are instructed how to write legibly in cursive by the end of fifth grade.

A former assistant school superintendent has admitted he accepted gifts and favors from contractors while on the job.

WITN's Teacher of the Week for April 24th, 2013 is Linda Salzman from Richlands Primary School.

Gates County Schools are running on a one-hour delay this morning due to foggy conditions.