Monday-Thursday

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Gates County Schools will be operating on a ONE HOUR DELAY SCHEDULE for all students and staff on Tuesday,

January 25, 2022.

At a Special Called Meeting held on Thursday January 20, 2022, the Gates County Board of Education  voted unanimously to continue with the mandatory mask mandate for all students, teachers and staff due to the current positive cases within the county. The Board of Education will reconsider the mandatory mask mandate at the February 7, 2022 regular session meeting. At this meeting the Board of Education will also determine and outline the metrics and criteria for future decisions regarding masks in schools..

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman

and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement  until his assassination on April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

was established as a holiday in cities and states throughout the United States beginning in 1971, and became

a federal holiday when President Ronald Reagan signed legislation in 1986 recognizing the significance

on a federal level. Dr. King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Metal of Freedom in 1977

and the Congressional Gold Metal in 2003. In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Gates

County Schools will be closed to all students and staff on Monday, January 17. 2022.

 Teachers Karen Greene and (top) Krystle Williams (bottom), pictured with 

Dr. Williams (Superintendent) and Lola Rountree (Director of Testing and Accountability), recieved recognition

during the December 13, 2021 Gates County School Board meeting for achieving National Board Teacher Certification.

Winners of the Gates County Board of Education 

Holiday Art Contest:

Alyssa Scott, Gatesville Elementary

2nd place, Mackenzie Evans, Gates County High School (right)

3rd place, Skye Murray, Central Middle School (left)

 See below for news concerning the use of face masks

and the 2021-2022 school year:

Plan A for Elementary Schools

Plan A for Middle and High Schools

 NC Broadband Survey

https://www.ncbroadband.gov/broadband-north-carolina/north-carolina-broadband-survey