Wings of Hope will be holding a planning meeting today at 7:00 p.m. at Sunflower Artist Studio, 719 South Chestnut Street. All interested persons are invited to attend.
Category: Quick hits
Monday’s open line
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Charter school information resource
Since readers spend a lot of time discussing the Vance Charter School on Home in Henderson, we thought it might be nice to provide an information resource into how charter schools operate. Courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, learn how charter schools are founded, operated, and funded. Maybe you can start one of your own someday.
Weekend open line
Now that the unthinkable has happened and school has started on a Friday, one begins to wonder if the General Assembly is exercising just a little too much control over local school boards. Let your opinion be known this weekend on our open line.
57.6% of NC schools met AYP in 05-06
Here’s a detailed analysis of North Carolina’s testing program as it relates to Adequate Yearly Progress as defined by the federal “No Child Left Behind” legislation. Submitted for your discussion: Is it us, or them?
Send us your balls!
E.M. Rollins Elementary School is in desperate need of tennis balls, new or used, to be placed on the feet of chairs, desks, and tables for the protection of our beautiful new floors. Please feel free to drop donations by the school at 1600 S. Garnett Street, or give us a call at 438-2189 and let us know where to pick ’em up. On behalf of the kids, and the floors, thank you.
Corner Kitchen: Home remedies
School is starting again on Friday, and you moms and dads know what that means: germs galore! Those walking Petri dishes we love so much will be bringing home a multitude of viruses and bacteria that will soon be stampeding for sinuses, bronchial tubes, stomachs, intestines, larynxes, and lymph nodes. What family concoctions work best to relieve the symptoms at your house? Share them with the suffering masses in our corner kitchen.
Fuel watch: Low gas prices
This week, Home in Henderson is piloting a new feature where readers can let the rest of us know where to find the lowest fuel prices in Vance County. On your way to work or shop or play, keep an eye out for those friendly prices so you can let the rest of us know where to save!
Friday’s open line
We’re told that a couple of towns in North Carolina have moved to make English their official language. North Carolina once made such a move itself. Do we need an official language, or will English come to dominate our most recent immigrant groups the way it has every other group?
Pick of the day: Go to school!
The dread day is here. Today is the first day of school for Vance County Schools students. Roll ’em, shake ’em, throw cold water on ’em, but get ’em out of bed and get them to class! Make sure they have a good breakfast! We’re going to have a great school year.
Thursday’s open line
One of the things about being a teacher is that it tends to make one cynical about how people will react in certain situations. I am pleased to report that the overwhelming reaction to the news of Mr. Moss’s illness was that of kindness and sympathy. Pat yourselves on the back, dear bloggers. This space is yours. Enjoy.
School open house today
Don’t forget Vance County Schools Open House from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. today at all Vance County Schools. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet your children’s teachers in a relaxed, pleasant, and cordial atmosphere! This way you’ll be able to put a face to all those stories you’re going to hear.
Wednesday’s open line
The Clean-Up Henderson Committee will meet at 8:00 a.m. at the City Operations Center.
Tuesday’s open line
The Vance County Board of Elections is scheduled to meet at 10:00 a.m. A decision regarding the complaint against the petition of George Hoyle to be placed on the November ballot for the office of Sheriff of Vance County is anticipated soon, if not today. No matter what the outcome, our crack team of political analysts are speculating that this is not the end of the legal wrangling. Once the lawyers are unleashed, the genie is out of the bottle, …
Monday’s open line
Looking at the near record-setting number of comment posts under the article Hoyle petition hearing heard, we realize just how divisive this contest has become. Will the office of Sheriff of Vance County be able to survive this race; that is, once the wrangling over legal technicalities is over, will the winner be able to do his job, or will his term be spent living down endless recriminations over how he got there? Let us know your thoughts on today’s …
Weekend open line
Kids driving you crazy before the start of school? Perhaps they’d like to make a maze. Not their style? Here’s a site for some free educational software that will keep the little ones occupied, at least for a little while. If you’re really bored, you could always write us a letter or tell us Monday’s open line topic…
Corner Kitchen: One-dish wonders
We know how to make two one-dish meals here at Home in Henderson, and one of them is called “slop”. What one dish recipes are you willing to share? Post them below in this week’s Corner Kitchen.
Friday’s open line
Gosh, it was a short summer. If you’re a teacher, don’t forget the Convocation at Northern Vance High School this morning. Breakfast is at 7:30 and the convocating begins at 8:30. We’re told that Richard Moore will be addressing the gang this year. One week to go. Warn the kids. In the mean time, this space is yours. Enjoy.
Thursday open line
Once again the county-wide zoning debate is surfacing. Whenever government seeks to limit what a private citizen can do with his or her private property, we think that it is not only appropriate, but necessary to the democratic process for citizens to ask questions, to debate, to express opinions, and to investigate thoroughly. Home in Henderson is proud to offer a forum for the exchange of these ideas. Play nice.
Wednesday’s open line
Word has it from a reliable source that the Vance County Board of Commissioners agreed to make an offer on land for a new elementary and middle school. Reactions?