School threats were hoaxes, Sheriff’s Office says
Four Johnston County schools had scares on Wednesday after social media threats of violence. Among o...
Johnston school board keeps mask mandate in place
SMITHFIELD — By yet another 4-3 vote, the Johnston County Board of Education on Monday kept in place...
Most students fail state tests
SMITHFIELD — This past school year, just 42.7% of Johnston students passed their state-required test...
School board takes further steps on Critical Race Theory
SMITHFIELD — The Johnston County Board of Education has put some meat on the bones of a policy tweak...
Clayton clears way for charter high school
CLAYTON — A proposed charter high school has cleared its latest hurdle. On Sept. 7, the Clayton Town...
Johnstonians protest mask mandate
SMITHFIELD — A congressman from Western North Carolina joined Johnston residents on Sept. 14 to prot...
School enrollment approaches 37,600
September 8, 2021SMITHFIELD — Johnston County’s public schools welcomed 37,593 students on Friday, the 10th day of cl...
Student, staff quarantines top 1,400
September 7, 2021COVID-19 quarantines among Johnston County public school students reached 1,347 on Friday, the last ...
Virtual Academy principal steps down
September 3, 2021SMITHFIELD — The principal of the Johnston County Public Schools’ new Virtual Academy has resigned n...
Johnston school quarantines top 1,000
SMITHFIELD — For every Johnston student at home with COVID-19, roughly four more are in quarantine b...
Day 1 enrollment falls slightly
August 24, 2021SMITHFIELD — Johnston County’s public schools enrolled 34,540 students on Monday, down 130 from a ye...
Johnston teacher refuses to wear mask
SMITHFIELD — A South Johnston High School teacher faces nine weeks of unpaid leave for refusing to w...
Teachers weigh in on teaching about race
August 27, 2021SMITHFIELD —Two classroom teachers joined the parade of public speakers at last week’s County Commis...
Johnston students, staff will face these COVID-19 rules
August 20, 2021As Johnston County prepares to open its schools for the 2021-22 year, here is the state’s quarantine...
One vote changed everything on masks in Johnston schools
SMITHFIELD — In North Carolina, an unmasked student who contracts COVID-19 can force close-contact c...
Johnston schools welcome new teachers
August 17, 2021Johnston County’s public schools have welcomed scores of new teachers and other educators in advance...
Johnston school board reverses course, makes masks mandatory
SMITHFIELD — Reversing course from just two weeks ago, the Johnston County Board of Education on Tue...
JCC reinstates mask mandate
August 5, 2021SMITHFIELD — Johnston Community College will again require face masks indoors, effective immediately...
Charter school request on Smithfield agenda
August 3, 2021The Smithfield Town Council on Tuesday was scheduled to hear a request to build a K-12 charter school west of town.
Charter high school in the works in Clayton
CLAYTON — A proposed charter high school east of town has cleared an early hurdle. The Clayton Plann...