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Apr. 3, 2008
Town Hall Meeting engages the purpose of education
by Arletha Jowers
On Sunday, March 30th the Community Dialogue on Education, a project of the Beloved Community Center, hosted a Town Hall Meeting on education. This meeting was held in response to the transition that will occur following the exit of the current School Superintendent Terry Grier. The CDE saw this moment as an opportunity to engage the Guilford County community in a discussion of our goals for education in this county.
The CDE agreed together that any search for a new superintendent...
Feb. 5, 2008
Letter to Guilford County Board of Education
by Concerned Parents and Citizens of Warnersville/Hampton Homes
Dear Members of the Guilford County Board of Education:
This letter is a request for help. As you know, a fight occurred on the campus of Grimsley High School on December 14, 2007. Fourteen students were suspended, some for very long periods of time. Some were also criminally charged. Many of these students were our children from the Hampton Homes/ Warnesville Community. We are writing to ask your help in seeking an alternative to the suspension and criminal charges by working with us...