Oak Ridge News

Oak Ridge Military Academy, facing budget problems, has replaced it's board of trustees.

Repairs are on hold at a local elementary school where teachers and students have reported mysterious illnesses.

Community Foundation of Burke County has awarded $58,500 in Recession Response Fund grants to support local organizations' efforts to help people through the current economy's hardships.

Authorities have yet to find a "smoking gun" in their investigation of health complaints at Oak Ridge Elementary School.

Oak Ridge Elementary School does not have a mold problem. It has a ventilation problem, according to the county's medical director.

Guilford County Schools will shut Oak Ridge Elementary this summer while leaders try to figure out what's making kids and teachers sick there.

" A health and safety consultant based out of Illinois says Oak Ridge Elementary is unsafe and parents should not send their students back to school on Monday.

In response to the story on the independent consultant's advice for parents not to send their children to school Monday, Nora Carr, Guilford County School Chief of Staff, released this statement: The Guilford County Department of Public Health has not closed Oak Ridge Elementary School, nor have public health officials recommended closing the ...

The Guilford County School System says Oak Ridge Elementary will have school on Monday, but a health and safety consultant said that is a bad idea.

THE SYMPTOMS AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SYMPTOMS REPORTED IN THIS DAY TO ARE VERY TROUBLING TO US SURVEY RESULTS ARE END WITH THE TOP FIVE SYMPTOMS FOR BUT STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEING HEADACHES DRY EYES UNUSUAL SNEEZING AT THE SAYS DIFFICULTY BREATHING OR ASTHMA ATTACKS AND NOSE BLEEDS FIFTY FOUR PERCENT TEACHERS ...

Prioritizing maintenance issues challenges school bd. by Pamela Holley-Bright Carolina Peacemaker Originally posted 6/10/2009 Guilford County School district officials are now working with $3 million less than the current fiscal year and balancing emergency maintenance projects has already proven to be a challenge.

A Triad school got a thorough scrub-down on Saturday after angry parents claimed their children were getting sick from mold.

A beautiful sunny day makes you want to be outside at a park somewhere enjoying the warm weather, but what if you don't have a park in your area? The Town of Oak Ridge has waited nearly two years for their new park to open and Saturday the wait ended.

Dozens of students and staff at Oak Ridge Elementary School have come down with a similar illness, prompting the Sacramento City Unified School District to call the county Department of Health and Human Services.

People living near High Point will soon have a new option for medical care. Moses Cone Health Systems is opening its new MedCenter on Monday.

It was 8:30 in the morning when teachers at oak ridge elementary say they finally had enough.

Guilford County Department of Public Health is continuing to work closely with Guilford County Schools regarding Oak Ridge Elementary School.

May 15, 2009 Scott Robertson Memorial Tournament tees up for the 26th time The Scott Robertson Memorial Golf Tournament is chock full of youngsters with incredible ability.

Oak Ridge Military Academy faced a $500,000 budget shortfall this year, partly from debt on a new building constructed several years ago as well as decreased revenue from declining enrollment from the economy.

After donations and hard work, an idea to honor a beloved teacher has become a reality at Oak Ridge Elementary School.