WS/FCS

More financial issues for troubled school system

March 19, 2026 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A new state audit report following up on financial and budgetary issues in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools district shows approximately $15 million in expenditures in fiscal year 2025 that were kept off the books […]

2025 Year in Review: Year of change, tumult in public education

December 26, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In 2025, North Carolina’s K-12 education saw a new state superintendent, decreases in teacher attrition, small decreases in school crime and the naming of various educators of the year. The year kicked off […]

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools’ debt to NCDPI ‘paid in full’

November 14, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Officials with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools told a state board of education appeals panel that the district’s $3.4 million debt to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction is “paid in full” during a […]

Internal control review contract for WS/FCS approved

November 6, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina State Board of Education unanimously approved an internal controls review contract involving Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools during a special called meeting last Monday. The accounting firm of Mauldin & Jenkins was […]

Local Government Commission unanimously approves independent audit for WSFCS

September 20, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Local Government Commission unanimously approved an independent audit to be conducted for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools related to the district’s $46 million budget deficit and financial mismanagement at its September meeting. […]

Panel extends Winston-Salem/Forsyth debt interest grace period

September 12, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A three-member panel of the North Carolina State Board of Education decided to extend the grace period on the $3.4 million Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools owes the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The money […]

Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools audit finds millions in fiscal mismanagement

August 23, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The state auditor has released an audit report on Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools that uncovered several issues. The Rapid Response Division of the state auditor’s office reviewed the financial situation of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools […]