North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
Board members reviewed ORAS enrollment and facility data and directed staff to cost options for a front‑loaded seven‑year plan, prioritizing Liberty and Randleman amid debate over renovation versus replacement and whether to seek a limited obligation bond or a county vote.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
The Randolph County Board of Education approved the 2027–28 school calendar (second reading) and approved revisions to the 2025–26 calendar to convert certain days to full student days in order to recover instruction lost to recent weather closures.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
Transportation staff proposed a tiered bus schedule that could raise the district’s state efficiency rating and recover hundreds of thousands in state funding; the board asked staff to place the item on the March 16 agenda and to return with bell‑time scenarios and outreach plans.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
Superintendent Dr. Ganey recommended closing the UR/Warrior Ridge 6–12 campus at the end of the 2025–26 school year, citing long-term enrollment decline and an estimated $1.3 million in system savings; the Randolph County Board of Education set a public hearing for March 9 at 6:00 p.m.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
The board received routine reports of gifts and grants under board policy, was told of three purchase orders for replacement buses, approved consent items and certified/classified personnel reports, and approved a motion to enter closed session for attorney-client and personnel matters.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
District officials announced kindergarten registration for the 2026–27 school year will begin March 10 at each elementary school (5–7 p.m.) and outlined a three-pronged outreach plan after reporting last year's event registered 468 rising kindergarten students (about 64% of total kindergarten registrations).
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
District staff reported 1,050 student reassignments year-to-date, explained capacity and admission rules, and said the system has a net loss of 64 students compared with the prior year; application windows for releases and reassignment were shared.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
The Randolph County Board of Education approved acceptance of a $285,000 State digital learning initiative grant and received a second-quarter finance update that flagged timing-driven shortfalls in capital outlay and shifts in revenues vs. prior year.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
At its monthly meeting the board recognized student and staff accomplishments across the district and announced RCSS endowment committee teacher grants (20 awards totaling $6,420) made possible by a partnership with the North Carolina Community Foundation.
North Carolina / School Districts / Randolph County School System
Superintendent (Speaker 1) presented an early package of options to address a projected $2M–$2.5M shortfall for 2026–27, including cuts or sharing of lead teachers, student advocates and assistant‑principal months, and flagged an enrollment-based loss of 337 students that will reduce allotments next year.