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Nov 13, 2020 More than 200 students in Caldwell County are getting a technological boost this week thanks to a shipment of Chromebooks purchased by the Education Foundation and given to middle and high school students around the county. Ben Willis, director of the Education Foundation Inc. of Caldwell County, visited area schools Friday morning to make the first batch of…

Work continues to take place at the Teacherage with completion set for Fall 2020. We hope to welcome our first teacher residents in 2021! Check out the video below to see what progress has been made to date. The Angel Center was completely renovated in 2019 and has hosted a variety of training and educational opportunities for teachers and the community.…

In the early days of the internet, an at-home subscription and the associated monthly bill was something that families trying to make ends meet could skip without worrying about how it would affect their job or their children’s education. But with many workplaces and schools switching to remote work since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, our relationship to the internet…

LENOIR, N.C. (WBTV) – With school doors closed across North Carolina, many children are falling behind in studies because of a lack of internet. In Caldwell County, officials say many parts of the county have cell signals too weak to use to get online and many families can’t afford internet in the first place. The solution, they figured out, was to…

With classes now being held via Zoom and other online platforms, students who don’t have internet access at home have been largely cut off from regular daily interactions with teachers and classmates. But a new partnership in Caldwell County is taking the internet on the road, and school officials hope it will help bring these students and mostly rural communities back…

Governor Cooper announced last Friday that our school buildings will remain closed for the remainder of this academic year. and this week, our general assembly members returned to Raleigh to consider Coronavirus related legislation, including a number of policies that will impact our public schools. As we navigate this challenging time, our public schools will continue working to serve our students…