The Moore County Schools Board of Education approved changes to the student fee schedule in its May 13 meeting. The changes remove middle and high school “other semester courses” and “math” fees, as well as enacting a decrease in the daycare tuition for 2024-25. Board member David Hensley wanted to remove graduation and science fees as well: “You tax what you don’t want and you reinforce what you do want and we want our students to graduate and we want our students to take math classes,” Hensley said. “But we punish them with a tax. We can say, ‘Oh, it’s…

The Moore County Schools Board of Education met Monday, April 15, discussing the preliminary budget for fiscal year 2024-2025. Superintendent Tim Locklair, who briefed the board, said the proposed budget would total $166.5 million with almost $39 million coming from Moore County, an increase of some $3.7 million. Assistant Superintendent for Budget and Finance Tina Edmonds reported that district staff found budget efficiencies of $632,800 by freezing out various vacant positions as well as a local technology grant. “There’s been a lot of hard work and I believe it’s a good budget,” said board chair Robert Levy. “I believe it’s…