Union County

Board of Education faces reassignment choices

Current plan moves 297 Porter Ridge ­students to Piedmont and Sun Valley clusters

If the latest student reassignment proposal for the ­Porter Ridge school cluster is adopted, 297 students will change schools before classes start in August, potentially saving the district an estimated $432,000.

SPCC offers entrepreneurship programs

Entrepreneurship seminars for people who want to start home businesses and for displaced workers who’re thinking about starting their own companies are being offered by South Piedmont Community College in Monroe in February and March.

Gorman named NC Healthy Schools Superintendent 2009

WINSTON-SALEM – Superintendent Peter Gorman was selected as the 2009 North Carolina Healthy Schools Superintendent of the Year. Gorman was honored for his leadership, support and commitment to coordinated school health programs across the district.

The award was presented Nov. 13 at the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance convention in Winston-Salem.

The best of Union County’s 2009 high school graduates

Editor’s note: This summer, Union County Weekly is featuring profiles of two outstanding new graduates from each of the county’s high schools. The young man and woman featured each week were chosen by their principals based on their exemplary academic and extracurricular performances.

The best of Union County’s 2009 high school graduates

Editor’s note: This summer, Union County Weekly is featuring profiles of two outstanding new graduates from each of the county’s high schools. The young man and woman featured each week were chosen by their principals based on their exemplary academic and extracurricular performances.

Higher education takes a hit as well

North Carolina’s community colleges also took a hit, dropping from $1.07 billion to $999 million. Overall, the state’s community colleges will take a $14 million cut from the reduction in each of the next two years, with the North Carolina Association of Community Colleges responsible for determining how to divide that among the different campuses.

“It’s about what we expected,” said Jessica Graham, media relations coordinator for Central Piedmont Community College.