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Vance Charter Principal Suspended Until Charges Resolved

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The principal of Vance Charter School, Sean Connolly, has been suspended until the charges against him are resolved.

Monday night, appearing before the school’s board of directors, Connolly read from a prepared statement, which Vance Charter School has made available to WIZS News. In the statement, Connolly said, “…I believe that I will be exonerated…I expect this matter to be resolved as quickly as possible with my full cooperation and full disclosure of both the events which occurred and the physical evidence which has already been provided to the District Attorney’s Office.”

Connolly continued, “I would hope and request that this matter will be allowed to work its way toward a favorable resolution without the board taking any action regarding my employment with Vance Charter School, as I would never do anything intentionally to bring dishonor or disrepute to our school.”

Following Connolly’s remarks, the board made its decision.  The chairman of the board of directors at Vance Charter School, Billy Davidson, told WIZS News, “The board met concerning charges against Mr. Connolly and voted to suspend him until resolution of the charges.”

WIZS News originally published a press release on this matter on Friday, April 21, 2017 courtesy of the Henderson Police Department.  Later on Friday, April 21, WIZS News published an update at 3:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m.  That information is provided below.

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Update 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2017

Statement on the matter from Vance Charter School: “Mr. Connolly informed the Chairman of the Vance Charter School Board of Directors of the criminal charges against him Thursday afternoon, and we will continue to closely follow this matter. Any further comment is prohibited as this is a personnel matter and would not be appropriate until the courts have rendered a decision.”  The same statement can be seen on the school’s Facebook page.

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Update 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, 2017

There is an update to the following press release issued this morning by Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow. WIZS News contacted Chief Barrow directly, and he confirmed that the accused is the principal of Vance Charter School.

WIZS has contacted Vance Charter School as well as the attorney for the accused seeking comment, and additional relevant information will be provided if and when it becomes available.

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Press Release – April 21, 2017

Courtesy: Henderson Police Department

On Saturday, April 15, 2017, an officer with the Henderson Police Department responded to Food Lion, 377 Raleigh Road. Amanda Bullock reported to officers that her financial card had been used to make an unauthorized purchase from the store. After an investigation was conducted, officers obtained a warrant for Sean Connolly. Connolly was charged with one misdemeanor count of financial card fraud and one count of felonious unlawful obtaining credit card.

Connolly, 45, of 2167 Bobbitt Road, Henderson surrendered himself to the Vance County Sheriff’s Department, not the charging agency, on April 21, 2017. Connolly was released from custody after signing a 10,000.00 unsecured bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Vance County District Court on May 18, 2017.

Further information about the arrest and bonding of Sean Connolly should be made to the Vance County Sheriff’s Office.

Authority: Chief Marcus Barrow

Vance Charter School to hold 8th Grade Parent Meeting

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A meeting will be held on Thursday, March 2nd at 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Café. This meeting is for current 8th graders and their parents at Vance Charter School. Mary Mangum will be discussing course registration for high school.

 

Please contact Mary Mangum with any questions concerning this meeting and the HS Registration process.

 

Mary Mangum

School Counselor

mangumm@vancecharter.org

Vance Charter School Volleyball players have success in regional tournaments

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GVC Carolina Fury 14U is a Junior Olympic Volleyball Team that competes in weekend volleyball tournaments.  The team finished 1st place at the Greensboro Sportsplex in Greensboro, NC on February 4th.  They also finished 1st at Triangle Volleyball Club in Mooresville, NC on February 18th.  Members are all students at Vance Charter School.

Pictured in the featured image and to the left are Cheyenne Owen, Emma Montgomery, Alyssa Falkner, Savannah Ayscue (8th Graders), Caroline Stainback, Ellie Atkinson, Abby Green, McKenzie Montgomery and Autumn Null (7th Graders).

STEM Holds 2nd Annual Spanish Spelling Bee

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The STEM Early High School in Vance County Schools hosted its second annual Spanish Spelling Bee on November 9, with a student from Henderson Middle School taking top honors.

Ximena Rodriguez of Henderson Middle, was the first-place finisher in the spelling bee. She topped Ashley Pendergrass of Vance Early College High, who finished second, and Emily Garcia of STEM Early High, who finished third.

In addition to students from Henderson Middle, STEM Early High and Vance Early College, students from Vance Charter School participated in the competition.

Rodriguez was the only student participating from Henderson Middle. Students from Early College High in the spelling bee were Pendergrass, Brooklyn Davis, Evan Beaudet, Justice Anderson, McKenzie Taylor and Zenee Davis. Those students from STEM Early High included Garcia, Adrian Aguilera, Amanda Cease, Brant Gibson, Jesus Rodriguez, Kelsea Williams and Tanisha Davis. Spellers from Vance Charter included Amber Null, Aniyah Gill, Savannah Ayscue and Yazi Majette.

Vance Charter School Celebrates New Location

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On Thursday, November 3rd, the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Vance Charter School to celebrate the official opening of their brand-new building, located at 2090 Ross Mill Road in Henderson.  Students & parents, faculty and Board members, local dignitary and other supporters were in attendance.

This new facility is now home to over 645 students in grades K-9.  Once a dream shared by many, several years in the planning, then construction and now a facility that feels like home and will be around for decades to come.

First day of class for students in the new location will be on Monday, November 7.  For more information about Vance Charter School, please contact them at 252-431-0440 or check them out on the web at www.vancecharter.org.

Vance Charter School Pep Rally

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Monday night the Vance Charter School held a pep rally to help kick off its capital campaign.  The event was held at McGregor Hall in downtown Henderson and was well attended by students, teachers, staff and other interested members of the community.  The building seats about 950 people and the room was very full.

The Vance Charter School, which is now located on Dabney Drive inside the Henderson Mall, will move in the fall to its new location on Ross Mill Road.  At the present time, local general contracting firm H.G. Reynold is retrofitting the former Clayton Homes building for the school’s use.

The overriding intent of the Charter School’s capital campaign is to help complete certain areas of the building such as the gymnasium.

The school will also be expanding to cover high school grades over the next few years with the intent to increase the school population by 20 percent per year until it reaches the capacity of the new building, which is figured to be around 1000 students.  Enrollment presently is about 550 kids.

The theme of the pep rally and of the capital campaign is “Taking Excellence To The Next Level.”  A 15-minute documentary-style news and information video was shown which described the school’s beginnings and how the school’s board of directors, staff and teachers intended to continue to improve.

A math experiment was conducted, for fun but also to prove a point.  A couple of buckets were passed through the crowd and those in attendance dropped about $3,000.00 into those buckets.  They added it up on the spot.  Vance Charter School board member Josh Towne then took the stage and described the economic impact of each person giving that same amount, a dollar or two each day, for the next year.  It would add up to over $1 million and nearly $5.5 million over the next five years.  That kind of money would not only help cover the debt of the new building but also help complete discretionary parts of the building like the gym as well as help with the high school grade level expansion.