Lenoir County Public Schools parents and students protested Sunday evening against the Lenoir County Board of Education's decision to allow nine weeks of remote learning only beginning August 17 and nine more weeks of in-person instruction for pre-k through second grade students only amid the ongoing COVID-19. Jennifer Jacobs started a Facebook page called "Our Children Belong In The Classroom" and organized the protest Sunday, Aug. 2, at the board of education building on Vernon Avenue for parents to voice their concerns for schools to open with both options of remote learning and in-person instruction...
