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Carl Blankenship has covered education for the Post since December 2019. Before coming to Salisbury he was a staff writer for The Avery Journal-Times in Newland and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2017, where he was editor of The Appalachian.

Education

Livingstone College adds first master’s program

“I feel very good about the future — the baton will be passed” — Livingstone President Jimmy Jenkins SALISBURY – Livingstone College announced it will ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, July 7, 2022 12:10 am

Education

Rowan-Salisbury Schools appoints West Middle principal as new HR director

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools has appointed Stacey White to serve as its next executive director of human resources. White served as principal at West Rowan ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Wednesday, July 6, 2022 12:05 am

Education

$3.9 million in new money for RSS hourly employees on Thursday agenda

SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education is planning to consider broad pay increases for its classified staff on Thursday that would go into ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 30, 2022 12:04 am

Education

West Rowan grad wins national masonry competition

SALISBURY — West Rowan’s masonry program is continuing its winning streak after West Rowan graduate Anderson Pruett took home the gold medal at the national ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 30, 2022 12:00 am

Education

Faith Academy launches capital campaign, sets sights on new facility

SALISBURY — Faith Academy is looking to raise $2 million to help pay off its current debt and is looking ahead to a $23 million ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Wednesday, June 29, 2022 12:10 am

Local

YMCA adaptive pickleball clinic brings popular sport to local veterans

SALISBURY — A recent pickleball clinic at the Hurley YMCA helped bring the sport to yet another group of people. The rising demand for the ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 12:10 am

Local

Spencer community garden has started life with no public money, plans to expand

SPENCER — On the far end of Salisbury Avenue, right next to New Edge Paint and Performance, there is a small collection of garden boxes, ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 12:06 am

Local

Ask Us: What is status of city’s efforts to connect Salisbury Greenway?

Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to answer your questions about items or trends ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Monday, June 27, 2022 7:52 pm

Education

Local GOP hosts education panel at East Rowan

GRANITE QUARRY — Several Republicans from around the state came to Rowan County to talk about the future of education in North Carolina on Saturday. ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Sunday, June 26, 2022 12:05 am

Education

RSS botches tax withholding on teacher supplements, summer contracts

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools sent emails to staff Wednesday saying there are tax withholding errors on recent payments, mostly to teachers. The email from new ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Friday, June 24, 2022 5:11 pm

Local

County, Spencer awarded $600,000 for stream cleanup

SALISBURY — The state has funneled money into the county to clean up debris from local waterways. The county was awarded $313,000 and Spencer was ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Friday, June 24, 2022 12:03 am

Education

Essie Academy plans to start next school year in former bank, expand enrollment

SALISBURY — A local private school is moving just outside of downtown Salisbury as it prepares to start its second year of classes. The Essie ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 23, 2022 12:06 am

Education

Summer meals roll back to pre-pandemic operations

SALISBURY — In 2020, school nutrition went for a ride. Rowan-Salisbury Schools delivered tens of thousands of meals each week for the last quarter of ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 23, 2022 12:04 am

Education

Nehemiah Enrichment Academy is using small scale to make big changes

SALISBURY —  Classroom size is a common topic in education Whether they are on the administrative size and have a good student-to-teacher ratio to tout ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 23, 2022 12:00 am

Local

Spencer updates land-use plan with focus on development pressure

SPENCER — Spencer adopted some updates last week to how it intends to plan its zoning classifications with development coming to town. The updates comply ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Tuesday, June 21, 2022 12:04 am

News

Spencer gets $900,000 state grant for park project

SPENCER— Spencer has received an installment of money for its recent park project that dwarfs its other recent contributions. A $900,000 grant passed down by ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Friday, June 17, 2022 12:01 am

Local

Spencer adopts $5 million budget

SPENCER —  Spencer adopted a $5 million budget Tuesday that will carry the town through the next fiscal year. The budget was adopted as presented ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Friday, June 17, 2022 12:01 am

Local

Spencer compromises on Salisbury Avenue restriping project in split vote

SPENCER — Spencer approved a restriping project on Salisbury Avenue after compromising on a detail of the project. The the original proposed restriping would have ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 16, 2022 12:06 am

Education

RSS summer enrichment ‘a second opportunity for students to shine’

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools’ regular summer programs run through June 23, and the district is trying to make them a positive experience for all students. ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 16, 2022 12:01 am

Education

RSS curriculum audit recommends dropping overlapping resources

SALISBURY — A new curriculum audit commissioned by Rowan-Salisbury Schools recommends the district drop some of its curriculum products because of overlap. Executive Director of ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Wednesday, June 15, 2022 12:04 am

Education

RSS approves activity bus mileage increase, software contracts

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools plans to increase its activity bus fees incrementally rather than hitting schools with a large increase overnight. The district originally proposed ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Wednesday, June 15, 2022 12:04 am

Education

RSS signs off on $1.8 million window project at Salisbury High

SALISBURY — The Rowan-Salisbury Schools Board of Education has signed off on an expensive project at Salisbury High School that will overhaul all the windows ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 12:10 am

Education

Local graduates fund scholarship for minority students

SALISBURY — Funding a scholarship is not high on the to-do list of most fresh college graduates, but for a couple of local UNC Charlotte ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Sunday, June 12, 2022 12:07 am

News

School board to discuss improved security fencing at Salisbury High

SALISBURY — Rowan-Salisbury Schools administration will discuss adding additional fencing to Salisbury High School on Monday. The district Board of Education will consider two options: ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Sunday, June 12, 2022 12:04 am

Local

Rowan Wild at Dan Nicholas Park welcomes new bobcats

SALISBURY — Dan Nicholas Park has welcomed some new family members to its wildlife park. Rowan Wild took in a pair of young bobcat siblings ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:10 am

Education

Andrew Smith appointed state assistant superintendent

SALISBURY — Andrew Smith, chief administrative and strategic planning officer for Rowan-Salisbury Schools, has been named to a special assistant superintendent position at the state ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:10 am

Education

Millbridge Elementary yoga club is an outlet for students

CHINA GROVE — Christa Graff saw students in her school feeling the pressure of the pandemic, so she decided to add some COVID-safe decompression to ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Thursday, June 9, 2022 12:01 am

Education

Boys and Girls Club looking to expand to Rowan County

SALISBURY — A local branch of a major nonprofit could make an impact on hundreds of local kids with an expansion to Rowan County. Boys ... Read more

by Carl Blankenship, Wednesday, June 8, 2022 12:05 am

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