(2021) stories found containing 'board of education'
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Sheriff's Office, EMS, Library Report To The County – Transylvania County, NC
Editor’s Note: During the Board of Commissioners’ last meeting, county departments and offices continued to give their semi-annual reports, focusing, in general, on accomplishments, trends and goals, as part of the kickoff to... — Updated 3/2/2021
VISION Transylvania Now Accepting Applications
VISION Transylvania is a community leadership development program committed to building a network of informed, capable and committed leaders. The application period for individuals... — Updated 3/1/2021
The Family Place Is A Welcoming Community
The Family Place strengthens families and helps build resiliency through support, education and community building. With so many changes over the past year, the need for support... — Updated 2/24/2021
TCSEF Awards Creative Classroom Grants
Letters arrived recently throughout the Transyl-vania County School (TCS) system announcing the 2021-22 Creative Classroom Grants award winners. In spite of the COVID-19 related can... — Updated 2/24/2021
Brevard College President To Retire – Brevard, NC
The Rev. Dr. David C. Joyce, 13th president of Brevard College, announced his retirement at the Board of Trustees Winter Meeting on Friday. Joyce will leave the presidency on Dec. 3... — Updated 2/22/2021
School Board Receives Clean Audit, Bond Update
Terry Anderson of Carland and Anderson, Inc., informed the Transylvania County Board of Education last Monday evening that the audit conducted by his certified public accounting firm showed “no findings or questioned costs... — Updated 2/22/2021
County Departments Go Over Accomplishments, Trends, Goals – Transylvania County, NC
Editor’s Note: During the Board of Commissioners’ last meeting, county departments/offices gave their semi-annual reports, focusing on accomplishments, trends and goals, as part of the kickoff to the 2021/2022 fiscal year... — Updated 2/22/2021
Brevard College President David Joyce To Retire-Brevard NC
The Rev. Dr. David C. Joyce, 13th president of Brevard College, announced his retirement at the Board of Trustees Winter Meeting on Friday. Joyce will leave the presidency on Dec. 3... — Updated 2/19/2021
County Departments Lay Out Accomplishments, Trends, Goals – Transylvania County, NC
Editor’s Note: During the Board of Commissioners’ last meeting, 12 county departments/offices gave their semi-annual reports, as part of the kickoff to the 2021/2022 fiscal year budget process. The first six reports were... — Updated 2/17/2021
Board Of Education Gets A Look At First Budget Draft – Transylvania County, NC
Norris Barger, head of business services and plant operations for Transylvania County Schools, presented the first draft of the local portion of the school budget for the upcoming 21-22 school year to the Transylvania County Board... — Updated 2/17/2021
FIND Outdoors Welcomes Two New Board Members – Pisgah Forest, NC
FIND Outdoors, a 49-year-old nonprofit based in Pisgah Forest, announced Emily Quinlan and Rusty Garrison as new board members for the 2021 season. President and CEO Natalie Britt and Tad Fogel, board chairman, were pleased with... — Updated 2/15/2021
Commissioners Kick Off 2021/2022 Budget Process – Transylvania County, NC
The kickoff of the 2021/2022 budget process, including reports from county departments, was held during the last Transylvania Board of Commissioners’ meeting. County Manager Jaime Laughter told commissioners it was time to look... — Updated 2/15/2021
Free Meals May Reduce Federal Funding To Schools – Transylvania County
A directive by the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) to make sure all school children are fed during the COVID-19 pandemic may result in reduced federal funding for Transylvania County Schools and other school systems in the... — Updated 2/10/2021
Proposed Calendar: Students In 2021/22 Would Start Aug. 16 – Transylvania County, NC
A proposed calendar for the 2021-22 school year was presented to the Transylvania County Board of Education during a work session last Monday evening. The five board members, who gave their verbal support to the calendar, will vote... — Updated 2/10/2021
Five Montessori Areas To Create At Home
Dr. Maria Montessori believed that education should be an aid to life. She believed that the child's early functional independence in caring for oneself and one's school and... — Updated 2/8/2021
BC Receives Grant From The Whitehead Foundation
Brevard College recently received a grant from the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation to provide scholarships for women student leaders at the college. The grant marks the college's... — Updated 2/3/2021
New TCT 'Leave It Better' Effort Underway – Transylvania County, NC
Transylvania County Tourism (TCT), through its sustainability initiative Transylvania Always, will be launching the next stage of its “Leave It Better” campaign today. The new phase encourages locals to step up and actively... — Updated 2/3/2021
Gov. Cooper, Other Officials Call For In-Person Instruction For all K-12 School Districts
Top state education leaders joined Gov. Roy Cooper Tuesday to call on K-12 school districts across the state to allow in-person instruction for all students. The governor joined N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)... — Updated 2/2/2021
WCMA Grant To Support BC Community Service Program
Brevard College recently announced that it received a grant from the Walnut Cove Members Association (WCMA) to support community service activities during freshman orientation week... — Updated 1/28/2021
Rosenwald News
This is the first post from Rosenwald News in 2021, so Happy New Year to everyone, inside and outside of our Rosenwald community. This past weekend, if you were not aware of it,... — Updated 1/27/2021
Brevard Academy To Pursue Loan For Arts Building – Brevard, NC
The Brevard Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academy Board of Directors unanimously voted last Wednesday to pursue the feasibility of receiving a $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for an arts building. The... — Updated 1/20/2021
John H. Love
John H. Love, 85, of Etowah, went to be with the Lord on Monday, Jan. 10, 2021, because of COVID-19 related issues. He was born in Washington, D.C. to the late George W. and Emma Le... — Updated 1/13/2021
Anthony Johnson Joins Brevard Academy Staff
There is no better time than the beginning of a new year to announce a new member of the Brevard Academy family. Anthony Johnson, from Henderson County Career Academy, is the assistant director of Brevard Academy effective Jan. 7.... — Updated 1/11/2021
Local NAACP Denounces Trump, Cawthorn
From its beginning more than 100 years ago, the NAACP has been a non-partisan organization. This doesn’t mean that we stay out of political matters, but rather that our organization has no permanent political affiliation, only a... — Updated 1/11/2021
A Look Back To The Year In News
Editor's Note: The following are some of the top stories in The Transylvania Times that appeared between July and December of 2020. Stories from January through December appeared... — Updated 1/4/2021