Cumberland County Schools will receive $105.8 million in county operating funding next fiscal year after Cumberland County commissioners unanimously approved the county’s final budget Tuesday.
Dasia Williams
Dasia Williams is CityView's K-12 education reporter. Before joining CityView, she worked as a digital content producer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press and also wrote for Open Campus Media and The Charlotte Observer.
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Cumberland Schools Increases Fees for Student Programs Next School Year
The changes will impact student organizations, graduation fees, and extracurricular activities, while district leaders say no one will be excluded because of financial hardship.
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Scoop by Scoop: Cumberland Schools to Serve 12,000 Frozen Treats
Students across Cumberland County Schools could see cafeterias stocked with thousands of frozen treats next school year after district leaders approved a new $177,350.40 ice cream contract covering dessert purchases for the 2026-27 school year.
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Cumberland Schools Approves $7.3 Million for Special Education Services
The new round of contracts comes after the school district spent millions in the 2025-26 school year to address shortages in Exceptional Children’s Services.
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Cumberland Schools Reassigns 2 Principals from Recently Closed Campuses
Transfers of the leaders at Manchester, J.W. Coon elementary schools part of several new principal assignments across the county.
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Methodist University Names Suzanne Blum Malley as Next President
Current Provost Suzanne Blum Malley takes the helm of the school in 2027, becoming the first woman in the university’s history to serve as president.
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Judy Musgrave, Cumberland County School Board Chair, Dies at 77
The lifelong educator, first elected to the school board in 2014, remembered as a respected leader and passionate advocate for students.
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School Board Approves Selling Spring Lake Campus to Cumberland County for $1
Cumberland County Schools closed Lillian Black Elementary School in 2022. The county wouldn’t buy it then for $750,000.
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County, School District Continue Talks Over $610 Million Facilities Plan
Officials with Cumberland County Schools appeared before county commissioners again Monday to provide additional details on a $610 million facilities and construction plan.
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Got Milk? Cumberland County Schools to Serve 668,567 Cartons of It
The Cumberland County district is projected to serve more than 668,000 cartons of milk in the 2026-27 school year, with skim chocolate milk the hands down favorite over other flavors.
