ROCKINGHAM — Around 60 Richmond County students walked into J.C. Penney Thursday morning and walked out with new shoes.

HAMLET — Richmond County Schools continues to make gains and close achievement gaps when compared to districts in the Sandhills region and the state, Director of Testing and Accountability Jennifer Brach told the Board of Education last week.

HAMLET — A teacher’s assistant at Fairview Heights Elementary has resigned following a complaint made by the mother of an autistic student after she found him covered in feces.

HAMLET — For the past two days, inside the gyms and auditoriums in several middle and high schools in the district, students sat quietly as they listened intently to a story shared by Debbie Dalton. 

HAMLET — Richmond County Schools has cancelled classes for students and staff on Thursday due to the threat of hazardous conditions from Hurricane Dorian.

HAMLET — Starting this fall, Richmond Senior High School students will be able to take cyber security courses at the high school through Richmond Community College.

HAMLET — Andrea McIver, an art teacher at Richmond Senior High School, was named Richmond County Schools’ Teacher of the Year for the 2019-2020 school year. 

ROCKINGHAM — With an hour to go in the Thursday campaign, every seat on a bus sitting in front of Walmart held various school supplies.

RALEIGH — Younger high schoolers will now have the opportunity to get a jump-start on their college careers.

HAMLET — Richmond County Schools will be rolling out the “Say Something” system — an anonymous reporting app created in partnership by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and Sandy Hook Promise available to schools statewide — this 2019-2020 school year.