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April march to highlight merger issue
A march to bring awareness to civil rights issues in Halifax County is planned for April 5. According to a copy of the permit, which the Roanoke Rapids Police Department has approved, the march will be...
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Pro-merger group requests investigation of Halifax PAC
A pro-merger group is requesting an investigation of a political action committee that fought to defeat a county supplemental school tax nearly two years ago. In a letter sent to both the county and...
View ArticleCoalition has short memory, sets double standard
The Coalition for Education and Economic Security seems to have forgotten how on one of the hottest days of summer last year it stood lockstep with the Halifax County school system pushing its agenda...
View ArticleThe cost of merger in Halifax County
Over the past couple of months I have spent an enormous amount of time wrapping my head around the funding requirement for a consolidated school system initiated at the hands of the County...
View ArticleTime to put the merger issue to rest
Tuesday night's election results, in which two incumbent Halifax County commissioners and one challenger, won in the Democratic primary, should mean an end to talk about school merger and onto talk...
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NAACP presents petition challenging city school boundary lines
The Halifax County Chapter of the NAACP has collected 75 signatures and its president expects to collect a total of 250 from those living inside the Roanoke Rapids city limits whose children cannot...
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Motion: UNC lawsuit reads like press release
The introductory portion of a lawsuit challenging the three-district school configuration in Halifax County “reads more like a press release for political purposes,” than an actual legal document, the...
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Briefs outline county arguments in school lawsuit
Briefs filed Wednesday in Halifax County Civil Court show the county will argue five points in its attempts to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to unify its three school districts. The county filed five...
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NAACP, coalition encourages attendance at lawsuit hearing
As a key court date in the lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners nears, the Coalition for Education and Economic Security and the Halifax County Branch of the NAACP are encouraging...
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Mediation an option in school lawsuit
Mediation is an option in the lawsuit filed against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners regarding the three separate school systems in the county. Whether the parties go that route is an unknown....
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