School District Asks Cumberland County for $610 Million in Construction, Repairs
Cumberland County Schools leaders are seeking $610 million from county commissioners for new school construction, major repairs, and facility upgrades as part of the district’s long-term facilities modernization plan.
Judge Keeps $300K Bond for Driver Charged in Crash That Killed 3 E.E. Smith Players
Dymond Nekiya Monroe, the 21-year-old driver charged in the October crash that killed three E.E. Smith High School football players, appeared in court Thursday as a judge upheld her $300,000 secured bond.
Police charge driver and her sister with racing in fatal E.E. Smith crash
Fayetteville police have charged two women with street racing in connection with the Oct. 8 Rosehill Road crash that killed three E.E. Smith High School students.
Tribute honors three E.E. Smith football players killed in wreck
Three E.E. Smith High School football players who died in a wreck last week were remembered with a tribute held Tuesday at South View High School.
School board moves forward with E.E. Smith grant application
The Cumberland County Board of Education’s Finance Committee voted 8-1 Tuesday night to move forward with a needs-based state grant application for E.E. Smith High School, taking another step in the district’s long-term plan to replace the aging campus.
E.E. Smith High students killed in Fayetteville car crash
Three E.E. Smith High School football players died in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening; the driver was airlifted in critical condition.
School board to apply for $60M grant to fund new E.E. Smith High School
County commissioners voted in October 2024 to build a new E.E. Smith High School.
More E.E. Smith High School Coverage
E.E. Smith’s 2025 valedictorian censored, made to remove lines about transgender people’s plight from graduation speech
Gray Byrd, a transgender graduate, was forced to self-censor lines about attacks on trans people and youth from his speech after Cumberland County Schools district administrators rejected his first draft.
Sexual misconduct charges dismissed against former girls’ basketball coach Thurston J. Robinson
Trial was supposed to start Monday, but alleged victims stopped cooperating with the prosecutor
County commissioners vote to build new E.E. Smith High School
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted on Monday to build a new E.E. Smith High School, and they said it won’t be built on Fort Liberty.
As E.E. Smith High School looks to uncertain future, here’s what some alumni are saying about last week’s town hall
As Fayetteville residents process the plethora of information provided at last week’s town hall on the fate of E.E. Smith High School, some Golden Bull alumni are asking why Smith — and why now?
Mixed emotions at town hall on future of Fayetteville’s E.E. Smith High School
If there was one thing the crowd of 230 people in E.E. Smith’s auditorium could agree on Tuesday night, it was that Fayetteville’s beloved historically Black high school needs new facilities.
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