Todd Dulaney for Asheboro City Schools Board of Education

07/22/2025

Join us this Friday, July 25 as we “Rally for Public Education!” We will be in Frazier Park (in front of Donna Lee Loflin) at 1:30 PM. We invite ALL friends and family and local community members to join us. Bring your signs and stand with us as “We Stand for Public Education!”

07/09/2025

July's Asheboro City Schools board of education meeting is tomorrow, July 10, at 6:30 (not 7:30). There will be a work session earlier in the day (12:30 p.m.) where the board will discuss each school's continuous improvement plans and (in closed session) the Superintendent's annual evaluation.

07/02/2025

https://ncnewsline.com/2025/07/02/norh-carolina-k-12-teachers-dei-ban-would-alter-their-classrooms-for-the-worse/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLSQGhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE4ZDNsbE90MmJWZm10ajFjAR41e-ohlxwMDaO7sigTwFARsXIoSclJPNQSK_svw-XshWv4lxKAm-5WtK2XJg_aem_OswjXWpB_IUdXNLeT2ajZw

NC teachers say a DEI bill now on Gov. Josh Stein’s desk could reshape classrooms and restrict how they connect with diverse students.

05/16/2025

Beginning in June, Asheboro City Schools will transition from live streaming Board of Education meetings to recording and posting the meetings after they conclude.

What’s Changing:
--May will be the final month for live streaming.
--Starting in June, meetings will be recorded and posted on the ACS YouTube Channel for public viewing after the meeting ends. A link to the channel will be on the district website.
--Recordings will remain available until the next board meeting.
--Once the official minutes are approved, the prior month’s recording will be removed.

This change reflects our commitment to making the best use of technology and staffing resources while still ensuring transparency and public access to Board proceedings. A reminder: Board of Education meetings are open to the public. Regular meetings are held at the Professional Development Center, 211 W. Walker Ave.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support!

05/06/2025

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Here's the last of about 10 policy changes that the Asheboro City Schools BOE will approve at its May 8 meeting. Ironically, the change to the "Governing Principle — Overcoming Barriers" policy is required because the District will no longer have a Race and Equity policy.

Policy Code: 1700 Governing Principle - Overcoming Barriers

A system of excellent schools prohibits illegal discrimination and harassment of staff and students, encourages tolerance and respect, and seeks to eliminate or lessen other barriers that may impede a student's ability or opportunity to learn, including economic disadvantages, poor nutrition, ill-health and lack of transportation. The board's vision for removing barriers is expressed in the following board policies:

Race and Equity (policy 1705)

Changing to: Removing reference to the District's Race and Equity policy.

05/06/2025

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Here's another change that completely rescinds the District's five-year-old Race and Equity policy. The Asheboro City Schools BOE will approve rescinding the policy at its May 8 meeting ...

Policy Code: 1705 Race and Equity

The Asheboro City Schools Board of Education acknowledges that complex societal and historical factors contribute to inequities within our school district. The board believes in confronting the institutional bias that results in predictability of student performance based on race, background, and/or culture. The board will address opportunity gaps at every level of our organization through policy, procedure, and practice in order to eliminate persistent achievement gaps. Race continues to be a persistent predictor of student performance. Consequently, the superintendent shall prioritize efforts and resources on strategies that eliminate institutional racism.

Asheboro City Schools will nurture the potential in each student so that she or he is well equipped for a world of infinite possibilities. We are committed to creating and sustaining great schools where every student—without exception—learns at high levels. In light of this purpose, Asheboro City Schools prioritizes closing achievement and opportunity gaps, while raising achievement for all students. Educational equity benefits all students and our entire community. The diversity of our student body, our staff, and our community is a strength of this district and should be celebrated.

The Asheboro City Schools Board of Education believes the responsibility for student success is broadly shared by district staff, families, our community, and our students' own efforts. We will empower leaders and learners to embrace diversity and ensure equity. In order to address opportunity and achievement gaps, Asheboro City Schools will develop equity tools and procedures as strategies to eliminate systemic disparities and ensure systemic equity for students, staff, and families. Asheboro City Schools staff commit to:

A. Eliminate Systemic Inequities

To interrupt factors that perpetuate inequities, Asheboro City Schools will:

1. invite and include people from all races and ethnicities, inclusive of our families, and community partners, to examine issues, and find adaptive solutions which address the root causes and systems;

2. develop the personal, professional, and organizational skills and knowledge of its employees to enable them to address the role and presence of bias, prejudice, and racism; and

3. identify and eliminate any practices that interfere with academic achievement for any students' racial or ethnic group compared to peers.

B. Ensure Systemic Equity

Asheboro City Schools will implement and lead from a system-wide racial equity plan that stands on three critical pillars: Policy and Practice; Relationships and Engagement; and Teaching and Learning.

1. Policy and Practice

District leaders will ensure racial equity guides employee actions and leads to improved academic results by:

a. instituting a district equity team to prioritize and develop equity policies, procedures, professional development, and a district plan to respond to inequitable outcomes for students occurring on the basis of race;

b. recruiting, developing, employing, supporting, and retaining a diverse workforce;

c. replacing any inequitable operational practices with systems that support implementation of this policy;

d. focusing accountability systems and metrics on equitable results;

e. identifying and eliminating practices that lead to the over- or under-representation of any student's racial or ethnic group compared to peers; and

f. developing alternative practices that lead to equitable representation of any student's racial or ethnic group compared to peers.

2. Relationships and Engagement

District employees will develop and implement equitable practices for and with our students, their families, and other community members to:

a. ensure student voice is viewed as critical and incorporated routinely in decision making;

b. intentionally seek and include students' multiple racial and ethnic perspectives in the development and implementation of culturally responsive teaching and learning practices and curriculum;

c. assess and implement efforts to strengthen school culture and climate, specifically addressing race as a factor;

d. engage family and community members with staff and students, district-wide and at school and program sites, in the development and implementation of culturally appropriate and effective partnerships between home and school; and

e. bring multiple cultural perspectives to examining and solving issues that arise.

3. Teaching and Learning

District employees will work together to increase their individual and collective capacity to effectively teach a racially and ethnically diverse and changing student population:

a. ensuring a positive and academically rigorous school environment that engages each and every student;

b. providing access to culturally responsive tools and resources;

c. enhancing school capacity to collaborate in the development and implementation of culturally-responsive instructional practices and curriculum; and

d. providing continuous professional development to ensure a workforce of culturally responsive administrative, instructional, and support personnel.

C. Implementation and Monitoring

The board directs the superintendent and/or designee to develop and implement a system-wide racial equity plan with clear accountability and metrics, which will result in measurable academic improvements for Asheboro City Schools students. The superintendent shall report progress on the plan and outcomes to the board annually.

Adopted Date: March 12, 2020

Changing to:

(Policy will be rescinded in its entirety.)

05/06/2025

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Here's another policy change, specifically removing "equity" from the policy that covers donations to the District. The Asheboro City Schools BOE will approve this change and several others like it at its May 8 meeting ...

Policy Code: 8220 Gifts and Bequests

In determining the suitability of a donation intended to benefit any program that is appropriately segregated by gender, such as a school athletic program, the superintendent must consider equity and Title IX issues in relation to overall funding and opportunities for participation.

Changing to:

In determining the suitability of a donation intended to benefit any program that is appropriately segregated by gender, such as a school athletic program, the superintendent must consider Title IX issues in relation to overall funding and opportunities for participation.

05/06/2025

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Here's another policy change, specifically removing "s*xual orientation, gender identity" from the District's policy restricting the type of hate speech that can and cannot be used in advertising in schools. The Asheboro City Schools BOE will approve this and other similar policy changes at its May 8 meeting ...

Policy Code: 5240 Advertising in the Schools

B. Prohibited Advertisement and Promotional Activities

The board of education prohibits advertising, commercial or promotional messages, and other items and materials that
(1) are vulgar, indecent or obscene;
(2) contain libelous statements, personal attacks or abusive language such as language defaming a person's character, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, s*xual orientation, gender identity, family status, or disability;

Changing to:

B. Prohibited Advertisement and Promotional Activities
The board of education prohibits advertising, commercial or promotional messages, and other items and materials that
(1) are vulgar, indecent or obscene;
(2) contain libelous statements, personal attacks or abusive language such as language defaming a person's character, race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, family status, or disability;

05/06/2025

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Here's another policy change, specifically removing "including pregnancy, childbirth, s*xual orientation, and gender identity" from the District's School Lunch policy that the Asheboro City Schools BOE will approve at its May 8 meeting ...

Policy Code: 6220 Operation of School Nutrition Services

The school nutrition services program will be operated in a manner consistent with board goals and board policy. The program also will be operated in compliance with all applicable state and federal law, including requirements of the National School Lunch Program and all federal guidelines established by the Child Nutrition Division of the United States Department of Agriculture. Specific legal requirements that must be met include, but are not limited to, the following.

1. School officials may not discriminate based on race, s*x (including pregnancy, childbirth, s*xual orientation, and gender identity), color, national origin, disability, age, or eligibility status for free and reduced price meals. School officials are also prohibited from retaliating against an individual for prior civil rights activity.

Changing to:

The school nutrition services program will be operated in a manner consistent with board goals and board policy. The program also will be operated in compliance with all applicable state and federal law, including requirements of the National
School Lunch Program and all federal guidelines established by the Child Nutrition Division of the United States Department of Agriculture. Specific legal requirements that must be met include, but are not limited to, the following.
1. School officials may not discriminate based on race, s*x, color, national origin, disability, age, or eligibility status for free and reduced price meals.

05/06/2025

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Here's another policy change, specifically removing multiple references to "pregnancy, childbirth, s*xual orientation, and gender identity" from the District's Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace policy that the Asheboro City Schools BOE will approve at its May 8 meeting ...

Policy Code: 7232 Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace

(first sentence): The board prohibits unlawful discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, military affiliation, genetic information, s*x (including pregnancy, childbirth, s*xual orientation, and gender identity), age (40 or older), disability, or other unlawful grounds.

Changing to:

The board prohibits unlawful discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, military affiliation, genetic information, s*x, age (40 or older), disability, or other unlawful grounds.

Section B First sentence)
Harassment prohibited by this policy is unwelcome conduct based on race, color, religion, national origin, military affiliation, genetic information, age (40 or older), s*x (including pregnancy, childbirth, s*xual orientation, and gender identity), or disability ...

Changing to:

Harassment prohibited by this policy is unwelcome conduct based on race, color, religion, national origin, military affiliation, genetic information, age (40 or older), s*x, or disability ...

Section C (second sentence)
Prohibited s*xual harassment is unwelcome conduct which is either of a s*xual nature, or is directed at a person because of the person's s*x (including pregnancy, childbirth, s*xual orientation, and gender identity), ...

Changing to:

Prohibited s*xual harassment is unwelcome conduct which is either of a s*xual nature, or is directed at a person because of the person's s*x, ...

05/05/2025

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Here's a policy changes, specifically taking out references to "s*xual orientation" and "gender identity" from the District's Bullying Policy that the Asheboro City Schools BOE will approve at its May 8 meeting ...

Policy Code: 4329/7311 Bullying and Harassing Behavior Prohibited

B. 3. Bullying or harassing behavior includes conduct that is, or reasonably appears to be, motivated by actual or perceived differentiating personal characteristics, or by a person's association with someone who has or is perceived to have a differentiating personal characteristic. Differentiating personal characteristics include, but are not limited to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, gender identity, physical appearance, s*xual orientation, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability.

Changing to:

B.3. 3. Bullying or harassing behavior includes conduct that is, or reasonably appears to be, motivated by actual or perceived differentiating personal characteristics, or by a person's association with someone who has or is perceived to have a differentiating personal characteristic. Differentiating
personal characteristics include, but are not limited to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, socioeconomic status, academic status, physical appearance, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability.