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Osborne named Danville Interim School Superintendent

This deal will allow Kathy Osborne to remain as Interim Superintendent for the rest of the school year if needed.

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (9/4/2014)

Editor’s Note: This article is now complete.

We’re LIVE! at tonight’s Danville School board meeting. Be sure to refresh the page for the latest photos, commentary and happenings!

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BreakDown: Danville’s 8/21/2014 School Board Meeting

I promised a BreakDown on last Thursday’s Danville School Board meeting where the public got to speak about the next superintendent, so let’s get going with a commentary on what happened.

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So who starts these stupid rumors?

I want you to take a look at the direct evidence of somebody posting a complete lie on Facebook about this “purge” crap. After that, take a look at the way that they try to add darkness and conspiracy.

It’s farkin’ shameful for somebody to lie like this directly and so blatantly.

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Factchecking “The Purge” Rumors

All righty, here we go. I’ve compiled a lot of rumors that have been going around about this “situation” in the Danville Public Schools.

Let’s recap what I’ve found out so far. This article will be updated if I can factcheck any other rumors.

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There is no “Purge”

Think for yourself. Remain calm. All is well. Quit acting stupid.

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (8/21/2014)

We’re going to be at tonight’s Danville School Board work session that starts at 5:30 PM. Tonight’s meeting will be at the George Washington High School cafeteria and SouthsideCentral will be there LIVE! Be sure to refresh this page for the latest happenings, photos and commentary.

We’ll clean the article up and add bonus coverage […]

Who’s going to be the new Danville School Superintendent?

The search for Danville’s new school superintendent unofficially begins today at 5:30 PM. The school board will hold its work session at the GW high school cafeteria and has asked for the public to comment on what they want to see in a new superintendent.

Let’s take a look at what’s going to happen.

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RumorBusting: Associate degrees will be granted!

Earlier this afternoon, I got a tip that said some Halifax County school students would not get their dual-enrollment associate’s degrees. I’ve done the research on this story and it is FALSE.

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Danville School Board – LIVE! (8/7/2014)

Editor’s note: This article is now complete. We’ve added more commentary and a lot of bonus photos.

We’re LIVE! at the Danville School Board meeting tonight. We may have abbreviated coverage because we also have Danville City Council’s meeting at 7PM. Be sure to refresh this page for the latest photos, happenings and commentary. We’ll […]

Return Of The Rat Crap Controversy

You’re fired. You’re rehired. Well, sorta hired. You’re hired, but to a job where we’re never going to call you to work.

Hoo boy.

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Danville School Board LIVE! (7/17/2014)

If you want LIVE! coverage and LIVE! opinions and analysis of what’s happening at tonight’s Danville School Board meeting, you’ve come to the right place.

Tonight’s meeting starts at 6PM and we’ll start our SouthsideCentral coverage a little earlier than that. Acting superintendent Kathy Osborne has promised us wi-fi connectivity so we’ll be able to […]

Merle Herndon Ain’t Goin’ Anywhere

I’m halfway sorry to have to smack a vocal minority of Halifax County residents in the face with that headline.

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BreakDown: Tuesday’s Danville School Board Meeting

Let’s do a BreakDown of Tuesday night’s Danville School Board meeting. SouthsideCentral will be covering Danville’s school board meetings now and it was our first time doing it LIVE! – so let’s see what happens, what happened and our thoughts about why it happened.

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Danville School Board LIVE! (7/8/14)

And we’re done. This article is complete. Thanks for making this another terrific SouthsideCentral day!

 

That’s right, folks! SouthsideCentral is going to start covering meetings of the Danville School Board, and we’ll be doing it LIVE! Tonight’s meeting starts at 7 PM and we’ll start our LIVE! coverage around 6:30 PM. Remember to refresh […]

The Ed Newsome Final Analysis

It’s over. Danville School Superintendent Ed Newsome is no longer with the Danville Public School system. Let’s analyze what happened.

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Danville School Board LIVE! (6/30/2014)

(Editor’s note: We’re cleaning up this article but the information is final. Bear with the one-sentence paragraphs for a while as the article was written in LIVE! mode.)

SouthsideCentral is LIVE! at today’s Danville School Board meeting. The meeting starts at 4:45 PM and we’ll start our LIVE! coverage around an hour before… or when […]

Let’s look at Ed Newsome’s contract…

So you want to know how much Ed Newsome gets paid? You want to see the terms of his employment contract?

You got it.

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BREAKING: Danville School Superintendent Ed Newsome Out On Monday?

(Editor’s Note: The meeting time is 4:45 PM, not 5PM as earlier reported.)

Yes, we went through this last week. Ed Newsome survived the direct threat to his job during an afternoon and evening of closed Danville School Board sessions. Everything is now coming together and it’s looking like he will part ways with Danville […]

Let’s talk about the Ed Newsome situation…

Danville school superintendent Ed Newsome almost got fired last night. Nobody else will report it, but SouthsideCentral will. He somehow pulled himself out of the fire and the school took no action after 6 hours worth of meetings. Let’s talk about what happened…

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Danville School Board LIVE! – (6/19/2014)

SouthsideCentral is LIVE! at the special meeting of the Danville School Board. Will the superintendent be fired today? What will happen? You’ll find out here. Refresh the page often for the latest happenings.

We’ll start our coverage around 2:45 PM.

Quick Recap: Ed Newsome’s job was definitely in jeopardy today, but he survived somehow. We’ll […]

UPDATED: BREAKING: Danville School Superintendent To Be Fired Today?

We’re going to put a question mark at the end of this headline because it’s currently a personnel matter that can’t be discussed…

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ReportCard! – Elected School Boards

Some people look forward to getting their grades when the report cards come out. Others hope that the dog eats them.

In this new feature, we’ll take a category or group of things and grade the items on the standard A to F scale. I think the elected school boards in the regions that we […]

Let’s talk about the Albert Randolph situation…

So that happened. Halifax County High School Principal Albert Randolph has been reinstated to his position.

“Let’s talk” about what happened and let’s tell it like it is…

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UPDATED: The Albert Randolph Solution (that didn’t happen)

(Editor’s Note: This didn’t work out in the way that I proposed. But hey, it was a possible solution. We’ll have a new article recapping and analyzing what happened within the hour.)

There was a big crowd of supporters for Albert Randolph, the recently demoted Halifax County High School principal, at tonight’s Halifax County School […]