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GCS Prepares to Welcome Students Back to School
On Monday morning, Aug. 26, Guilford County Schools' 605 school buses will roll out onto city streets and country roads, gathering up more than 42,000 students at 38,000 bus stops and traveling 54,000 miles to all corners of the county to deliver students to 126 schools. It's the official first day of school for students on the traditional calendar. These students will join others at 20 schools that are already in session. In all, about 72,500 students will be back in the classroom.
For students, staff and parents, the year promises excitement and change.
“This school year, we have two new schools – Christine Joyner Greene Education Center and Herbin-Metz Education Center, which are first-class facilities designed to serve students with special needs,” says Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green. “We have a new reading program, Fundations to give our early readers a more solid base on which to build skills for the future. And we have state-of-the-art tablet technology to give our middle-school students a more relevant and effective way to learn at their own pace.”
Sara Nachtrab, principal at Greene Education Center, is thrilled to be in a brand-new building for the 2013-14 school year. Previously she served as principal at McIver Education Center, which is being replaced by Greene and Herbin-Metz Education Centers.
“It will be so great to welcome students in a beautiful, modern space and see their reaction to all the things the new building has to offer,” Nachtrab says.
But though the environment or the education tools being used may have changed, in many ways the first day of school hasn't changed.
“The first day of school is familiar and unfamiliar all at the same time,” says Hairston Middle Principal Rydell Harrison. “It's a chance for new challenges, new friends, new beginnings.”
What's new for 2013-14?
PACE -- GCS's revolutionary technology initiative will provide tablet computers to every middle school student. Eighteen schools will begin the program in 2013.
Home Base -- Home Base is a new statewide information system that will make it easier for parents, students and teachers to access and share information about schoolwork and grades.
Roadmap 2 Reading -- GCS is asking all students to continue to read 20 minutes a day as part of its new literacy program.
Regional changes -- As part of the 2013-14 budget redirections, Guilford County Schools has reorganized from five regions to four.