Gloria Jones, the A.L. Stanback Middle School principal stepping down after staff accused her of blocking the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance, will leave behind a four-year contract worth $86,240 in annual compensation. Jones, whose last day will be Nov. 30, signed a contract with Orange County Schools in April that included $7,186 in monthly […]
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Principal accused of blocking Gay-Straight Alliance resigns
The middle school principal accused of hindering the formation of a Gay-Straight Alliance in Hillsborough is stepping down. Gloria Jones, principal of A.L. Stanback Middle School, will leave Nov. 30, Orange County Schools administration confirmed this week. Jones did not return INDY messages this week, so it’s unclear why the principal is resigning. But she […]
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School principal accused of blocking GSA is stepping down
The Hillsborough middle school principal accused of hindering the formation of a Gay Straight Alliance for more than two years is stepping down. Administration for Orange County Schools confirmed this week that A.L. Stanback Middle School Principal Gloria Jones has submitted her resignation. Her last day at the school will be Nov. 30. Jones did […]
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Investigation pins UNC-CH academic scandal on a pair of academic administrators
Coaches, academic advisers, administrators in the university’s African and Afro-American Studies Department and the university itself are all the culprits in a long-awaited report released Wednesday into UNC-Chapel Hill’s ongoing academic scandal. The 136-page report from former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein delves deeper than any previous probe into the scandal, which unfolded after the NCAA […]
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Republicans defend possible Board of Elections conflict
Republican leaders are defending their choice to hire an attorney married to the state’s top elections administrator to defend North Carolina in its ongoing voter ID litigation. As reported in this week’s Indy, State Board of Elections Executive Director Kim Westbrook Strach is married to Phil Strach, one of a team of attorneys representing the […]
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Director of state board of elections married to lawyer defending controversial voting reforms
Kim Westbrook Strach, once a dogged elections investigator known for her high-profile corruption cases, may now be on the other end of controversy. Strach, the State Board of Elections executive director, has family connections that could benefit her in a lawsuit filed against the state over its controversial GOP-backed voting reforms. She is married to […]
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U.S. Supreme Court restores ban on same-day registration
North Carolina’s legal see-saw continues. A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a stay on a federal appeals court’s decision last week to block key portions of GOP voting reforms. The Supreme Court decision allows the ban on same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting to be in place for this fall’s election. This […]
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Federal grand jury requests prison documents
Two employees of the Department of Public Safety have received federal subpoenas from a grand jury in connection with the death of inmate Michael Anthony Kerr. Kerr, who was mentally ill, died of thirst in March while being transferred from Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville to Central Prison in Raleigh. Now, federal officials have impaneled […]
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Federal investigation under way in death of N.C. inmate
Six months after North Carolina inmate Michael Anthony Kerr died during a transfer to Raleigh’s Central Prison, federal officials have opened a criminal investigation. Indy Week obtained copies Friday of two grand jury subpoenas requesting prison documents from Steve Harrison, the transfer coordinator at Central Prison, and Chris Crawford, administrative services manager at Alexander Correctional […]
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Federal judges strike key parts of N.C. voting reforms
As expected, federal judges with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down key provisions of last year’s controversial voting reforms approved by the N.C. General Assembly. The decision, handed down by a panel of three judges—all of which were appointed by Democratic presidents—lifts the legislation’s ban on same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting. As Think […]
