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The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) is thrilled to announce that Hickory City Schools Board of Education, (North Carolina), has been awarded the prestigious Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting (COE). This honor recognizes school districts that uphold the highest standards of financial reporting and transparency.

Hickory City Schools celebrated its “Of the Year” award recipients and consecutive years-of-service honorees on Tuesday, May 5, at 5 PM at Warehouse 18 in Hickory.

Everyone has their eyes on Raleigh as state lawmakers returned last week.  

• No final state budget yet. Districts are left planning for next year without clear funding numbers.
• Teacher raises remain unsettled. Multiple proposals include pay increases, but lawmakers have not agreed on the size or structure of raises, so educators are still waiting.
• Veteran Teacher Pay stagnates in the Governor’s proposal.  The proposal increases base pay for teachers to $53,000, but teachers with 25 or more years of experience top out at $58,000.  Very few industries would expect to attract and, importantly, retain excellent employees with a structure of this nature.  Our veteran teachers deserve to be compensated fairly.
• School funding priorities are being debated. Discussions continue around how much to invest in public schools, teacher compensation, and other competing priorities such as vouchers, Medicaid, and tax policy.

Hickory City Schools Staff, Families, and Community,

We are disappointed in the decision by the Catawba County Board of Commissioners to move forward with the proposed merger of the three school systems. While this outcome is not what we had hoped for, we want to be clear: our work is not finished.