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The Northwest Regional Educational Service Alliance (NWRESA) has named Burke County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Swan the 2027 Regional Superintendent of the Year, recognizing his innovative leadership, commitment to student success and dedication to strengthening public education across western North Carolina.
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Burke County Public Schools and Chartwells K12 will offer free lunch to children in the community all summer long. Families can choose one of multiple options including daily cafeteria lunches, weekly meal bundles and, later this summer, daily lunch from the M.E.A.L. Mobile food truck.
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Burke County Public Schools will relocate Hallyburton Academy to a dedicated wing inside Draughn High School beginning with the 2026–2027 academic year.
The relocation will serve approximately 30 Hallyburton students. Both schools will retain separate identities...
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Burke County Public Schools has named Table Rock Middle School eighth-grade math teacher Jonathan Morgan as the district’s 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year. Morgan is a native of Morganton and graduated from Patton High School. He attended Western Piedmont Community College and went on to graduate from Western Carolina University with a bachelor’s of science in education.
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Middle school students from Walter Johnson Middle School joined peers from across North Carolina on Thursday, March 5, 2026, to participate in Conexiones para la Acción Diplomática (CAD), a Spanish-language global diplomacy simulation hosted by Participate Learning at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The North Carolina School Public Relations Association (NCSPRA) has honored Burke County Public Schools for excellence in communications. BCPS earned a total of 10 Blue Ribbon Awards for outstanding and effective communication. NCSPRA presented the awards during a special ceremony held at the Guilford County Schools Community Education Center in Greensboro, NC, on March 6, 2026.
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This is known as a Dual Language 50/50 program; students learn from the Spanish teacher for half of the day and then switch classes and go to the English teacher for the other half of the day.
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Our Mission: Burke County Public Schools will educate all learners, nurture their potential and empower them to be contributing members of our community.
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