ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Schools Board of Education was presented with the district’s 2024-25 school performance data at its Sept. 15 meeting. The data, which is provided by the state, measures the academic performance and growth of each school in North Carolina and gives them a school performance grade based on a 15-point scale. […]
ASHEBORO — The decision by the Randolph County School System to nix middle school athletics connections to Asheboro City Schools and Uwharrie Charter Academy sent some shockwaves through the community last week. For Asheboro City Schools, it’s a matter of finding the next move in an unexpected development. “We didn’t see this coming,” said Aaron […]
ASHEBORO — The Randolph County School System will be moving to its own conference for middle school athletics starting in the 2026-27 season. At its Aug. 18 regular business meeting, the Randolph County Schools Board of Education approved the realignment following discussion amongst the board. “We clearly have enough middle schools in our school system […]
Open houses for schools in the Randolph County School System will be held next week. RCSS superintendent Stephen Gainey sent a letter to parents as a welcome to the new school year. In that message, he highlighted the importance of the open houses. “The high value associated with the involvement of students’ parents in our schools […]
ASHEBORO — Randolph County School System is continuing to work toward reducing its budget in the face of anticipated state and federal cuts. The Randolph County Schools Board of Education was presented with the district’s Budget Reduction Plan No. 2, which is aimed at addressing the expected disparity between the low-wealth funding they received last […]
ASHEBORO — The Randolph County Schools Board of Education was presented with upcoming budget cuts for the 2025-26 school year. “There’s been a lot of hands in this work the last two months, really,” superintendent Stephen Gainey said. “We’re shooting for $3.3 million in reductions. We’re not there, but we’re pretty close, closer than we […]
Big graduating classes were among the themes for high school commencements this spring in Randolph County. The largest class was at Asheboro High School with 352 graduates. That marks the school’s biggest class in 25 years. Most high school commencements in the county were held this week, though there were a couple earlier. Within the […]
ASHEBORO — The Randolph County School System will be closing The Virtual Academy at Randolph. The decision comes following a unanimous vote by the Randolph County Schools Board of Education at its June 2 meeting, which reversed a prior vote made just a few weeks earlier. “Last month, it was a 3-3 tie and it […]
ASHEBORO – Despite the recommendation of the superintendent, The Virtual Academy at Randolph will not be closing. At the Randolph County Schools Board of Education’s May 19 meeting, the board held a vote to close The Virtual Academy at Randolph, but due to a 3-3 split – with chair Gary Cook and members Phillip Lanier […]
Stephen Gainey (Courtesy photo) A rise in ejections across sports in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association has raised the concern of Stephen Gainey. Gainey, the superintendent of the Randolph County School System, is serving as NCHSAA president. “I’m seeing sportsmanship issues,” Gainey said last week after the association’s spring meetings wrapped up. “I […]
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