Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bathers crowd the beach on Atlantic Beach following Hurricane Arthur on July 4, 2014. The tourism industry is supporting ...

The state law that helped influence the setting of school calendars in the state is under fire at the Legislature. Some lawmakers are re-thinking their vote on when school should start and end, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill that would allow local school districts to determine their own school calendars advanced unanimously through the House ...

A mother takes her daughter to a school bus on the first day of school. File photo. A bill to grant public schools more control over their academic calendars is advancing in the state Senate. The bill ...

North Carolina’s tourism industry is agreeing to let schools start classes a week earlier in August as part of a plan that also increases penalties for violating the state’s school calendar law.

Bathers crowd the beach on Atlantic Beach following Hurricane Arthur on July 4, 2014. The tourism industry is supporting legislation that would allow North Carolina schools to start a week earlier in ...