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Leaking Boiler Room at Washington Elementary

A firefight. That’s how long-time Guilford County Schools (GCS) operations employees describe the work needed to repair the district’s aging facilities. 

Currently, GCS is comprised of 120 schools and more than 300 facilities totaling over 12 million square feet. Many of the buildings were built before Neil Armstrong’s 1969 moon landing. Just like Armstrong, GCS has taken steps forward to address infrastructure challenges, but funding limitations and deferred maintenance have often caused us to lose ground. Why? The short and fast answer is money. But GCS leaders say it will take a little more than cash to get facilities where they need to be. 

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Students at Brooks Global Studies in their new media center

Guilford County Schools (GCS) is ushering in a new era of education with the opening of four new state-of-the-art facilities.  

In the 2024-2025 school year, four new schools welcomed students and staff through their doors: Claxton Elementary, Peck K-8 Expeditionary Learning, Brooks Global Studies and Foust Elementary schools.  

Each building has brought new life into its community. Students, staff and parents alike are all excited about the possibilities for their children. “There is no other elementary school that I would want for my 2nd grade daughter and young son,” Tiffany Estes said.  

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DEI Resources and Support

Resources and Support

See below for local and state resources for our GCS Community:

The following Web sites may provide valuable information and other resources; however, some content may not necessarily represent the views of Guilford County Schools.

Multilingual/English Learner Families

Greensboro Housing Coalition - www.greensborohousingcoalition.org

Cone Health Foundation - www.conehealthfoundation.com

Church World Service - www.cwsglobal.org/

Center for New North Carolinians - https://cnnc.uncg.edu/

Integrated Health Advocacy Program - www.ihap.com/

Family Service of the Piedmont - www.familyservice-piedmont.org

American Indian

Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation - http://www.obsn.org/

LearnNC: Teaching About North Carolina American Indians - http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nc-american-indians

American Indian Education: Culturally Responsive Instructional Resources - http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/americanindianed/resources/

www.doa.state.nc.us

North Carolina American Indian Tribes

Coharie Tribe - www.coharietribe.org

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians - www.nc-cherokee.com

Haliwa-Saponi Tribe - www.haliwa-saponi.com

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina - www.lumbeetribe.com

Meherrin Tribe - www.meherrinnation.com

Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation - obsn.org

Sappony Tribe - https://www.ncpedia.org/sappony-indians

Waccamaw Siouan Tribe - www.waccamaw-siouan.com 

North Carolina American Indian/Native American Urban Organizations

Metrolina Native Americans - https://www.facebook.com/MetrolinaNativeAmericanAssociation/

Triangle Native American Society - www.tnasweb.org

Latino/Hispanic

Agencies Working with the Hispanic Population - https://www.nccommerce.com/Portals/2/Documents/Compliance/LEP/NCAgenciesWorkWithHispPop.pdf

Go Global NC - http://ciu.northcarolina.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Final_Updated_-LatinoPartnersDatabase_11-2010.pdf

Faith Action International House - http://faithaction.org/

Center for New North Carolinians - http://cnnc.uncg.edu/

Doris Henderson Newcomers School - http://newcomers.gcsnc.com/pages/Doris_Henderson_Newcomers

Latino Cooperativa Credit Union - http://latinoccu.org/

Casa Guadalupe Center - www.casa-lv.org

LGBTQ

GLSEN - http://www.glsen.org/

GSAFE - https://www.facebook.com/GSAFEgso/

Guilford Green Foundation - http://ggfnc.org/

PFLAG Greensboro - http://www.pflaggreensboro.org/

GroundSpark - http://groundspark.org/

Public Schools First:  LGBTQ Youth and Schools - https://www.publicschoolsfirstnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/LGBTQ-Youth-and-Schools.pdf 

Additional Websites

Teaching For Change - www.teachingforchange.org

Teaching Tolerance  - www.tolerance.org

PBS: What Is Race? - http://www.pbs.org/race/001_WhatIsRace/001_00-home.htm  

Media That Matters Film Festival - http://mediathatmattersfest-org.reel-lives.org/

The Center for Learning Differences - www.centerforlearningdifferences.org

The Working Group - www.theworkinggroup.org

ESL Instructors and Students Resources  - owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.htm

ESLgold - www.eslgold.com

LearnNC: Teaching About North Carolina American Indians - http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nc-american-indians 

American Indian Education: Culturally Responsive Instructional Resources - http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/americanindianed/resources