From WSJ Staff Reports – Maggie Stradley, a 10th-grader at Franklin Academy, wrote an essay for her tactical sales and marketing class taught by Ryan Kimball. The subject of the essay was Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs. Stradley said she has been eating at Shorty’s for as long as she can remember. Below is Stradley’s essay: […]
FROM WSJSTAFF REPORTS The North Carolina High School Athletic Association will delay sport for the 2020-2021 year beyond the anticipated September 1 start date. The NCHSAA provided the following statement from Commissioner Que Tucker to NCHSAA Member Schools this morning. “At his press conference on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, Governor Roy Cooper and his health […]
EDITORIAL Let’s look at what is going on to get our K-12 students back in school and then think: “Is it really time to hear school bells in mid-August in North Carolina?” Inasmuch as teachers, parents, students and anyone in between want it to happen Aug. 17 in North Carolina, the decision to wait and to not […]