Teacher loses job amid Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools budget crisis

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — When East Forsyth High School teacher Jackson Northen checked his email over Labor Day weekend, he didn’t expect it would be the message that ended his teaching career in the district.

“I feel like I’m kind of in shock at the moment,” Northen said. “There’s nothing you can do to be all the way prepared for that kind of thing.”

Northen, a 23-year-old social studies teacher, says he was working on a project for a school club when he got the email notifying him his position had been terminated. His official last day will be September 12…

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