GCS high school student creates petition to decrease screen time
For the second semester, the district is increasing high school instructional time from around three hours to four and a half hours. Author: Jessica Winters Updated: 6:51 AM EST January 20, 2021
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. Guilford County High Schoolers were supposed to return in-person this Thursday, January 21.
Instead, they ve been delayed for weeks and given more instructional time at home.
One student at Northwest Guilford High created a Change.org petition indicating that additional screen time is not the answer. I was the one who started it on Friday afternoon and it s taken off since then, I was not expecting this, Sheldon Ulmer said. He s a sophomore.
Guilford County Schools will soon open learning hubs to offer face-to-face opportunities for ninth through twelfth graders who are at risk of not graduating. This comes after the district announced that it is delaying the reentry of high school students.
Guilford County Schools to open learning hubs for students at risk of not graduating
The hubs would be located at all 15 traditional high schools and would have flexible hours based on students’ needs. Author: Lea Wilson Updated: 11:27 AM EST January 16, 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. Guilford County Schools is working to open additional learning hubs to support high school students who are at risk of not graduating.
The district said the hubs would be located at all 15 traditional high schools and would have flexible hours based on students’ needs.
Chief Academic Officer Whitney Oakley gave more details about the hubs in a meeting Friday at 10:30 a.m.
Newly hired Guilford County Schools (GCS) teachers can earn a signing bonus of up to $30,000 depending on the educator’s level of experience and classroom effectiveness.
The bonuses range from $10,000 for beginning teachers and up to $30,000 for teachers with three or more years of “highly effective” EVAAS (Education Value-Added Assessment System) data showing their impact on students in specific courses, grades and subjects.
The district began to offer the signing bonuses in mid-December to attract roughly 40 teachers needed to help provide in-person instruction when more of its 69,355 students return to school buildings this week for in-person instruction.
Teachers hired through Jan. 31 are eligible to receive bonuses. The district will use money from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to pay for the bonuses. There’s a provision that allows them to use a portion of the money for recruitment incentives.