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Rachel Keith

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
24
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Rachel Keith

    Repair and remediation updates for NHCS’ Laney and Hoggard High Schools (opens the original)

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    Hoggard High students returned to school in person on Wednesday after a series of major cleanings to remediate mold. New Hanover County Schools Superintendent Dr. Chris Barnes said about five classrooms still need remediation, but the cafeteria, ROTC, orchestra, and band rooms are “back to business.” As for the football field at Laney High School, which experienced significant flooding recently, the county has removed “several 100-pound bags of sand and debris” from the stormwater system; howeve

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Rachel Keith

    Ask a Journalist: Why are NHC ‘Getting Home’ social workers spending more time in the ‘Grace District’? (opens the original)

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    Starting in late July, several listeners and readers noted that social workers with New Hanover County’s Getting Home Street Outreach Program were spending more time near the entrance to the downtown library and the recently opened new location for the Cape Fear Museum, which the county refers to as the Grace District. The Getting Home program was launched as a pilot in 2022 with federal Covid-relief funding. The county hired four social workers and a supervisor under its Health and Human Servic

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Rachel Keith

    NC Coastal Reserve unveiling two paddle sites at Zeke’s and Masonboro Islands (opens the original)

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    While the state funded and installed the trail signage this past spring, Southern Sites Specialist Morgan Penrose wants the public to come out, enjoy them, and share feedback while they’re there. Zeke’s Island paddle trail is a three-mile loop around the island for kayakers and paddleboarders. The 1,600-acre island, located between Fort Fisher and Bald Head Island, is surrounded by marsh and has a barrier-island beach. The new paddle trail starts at the Federal Point Boat Ramp on the southern en

  4. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Rachel Keith

    Mold closes several wings of Hoggard High School, remediation costs approach $470,000 (opens the original)

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    While the cafeteria was already closed earlier this month, and students moved to Hebbe Gym to eat meals, Superintendent Dr. Christopher Barnes said he had closed three more science classrooms, based on visual inspections. Closures now include parts of Hoggard’s cafeteria, science, and JROTC/Arts wings, which include classrooms for JROTC, arts, chorus, and the band room. It’s unclear at this time when they will be reopened — but the goal for at least the cafeteria and JROTC/Arts wing is the end o

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Rachel Keith

    NHCS makes improvements on school report grades, cuts low-performing school list in half (opens the original)

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    The district has six ‘A’ schools, eleven ‘B’s, fifteen ‘C’s, six ‘D’s, and one ‘F’ school. The General Assembly mandates this report card model — and it’s been debated for some time. The report card is mainly based on end-of-year test achievement, which counts for 80% of the grade; the other 20% is a growth score calculated by SAS Software through a proprietary algorithm called EVAAS. It essentially measures teacher impact on 'growth' by comparing how students perform at the beginning of the yea

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