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Dr. Bud Marchant (seated, left), president of Central Carolina Community College, and Dr. Jeffrey Moss, Superintendent of Lee County Schools, shake hands over an agreement to start E-Lee College Academy, an initiative that will broadcast selected curriculum courses at Central Carolina to students in computer labs at Southern Lee and Lee County high schools. Witnessing the signing are (standing, from left) Dr. Lisa Chapman, the college’s Vice President of Instruction, and Andy Bryan, the school district’s Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. The Academy offers college-bound juniors and seniors up to 45 semester credit hours of General Education Core courses. These are part of the college’s Associate in Arts degree program, and will transfer to colleges and universities in the University of North Carolina System. The students will also receive high school credit for them toward their diploma. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s Learn and Earn Initiative will pay all tuition and textbook costs. Contact school guidance counselors for more information. April 1 is the deadline to enroll.

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College will soon be coming to Lee County’s high schools - for free, thanks to a new agreement between Central Carolina Community College and Lee County Schools. Students will be able to enroll in the E-Lee College Academy, college-level classes taught online by Central Carolina instructors. The Academy will be taught in a computer lab, or similar setting, such as the library at Southern Lee, where teacher Crystal Jastzabski looks over the work of students (from left) Dylan Wicker, Shaquille Alston, and Lakiste Greene. The Academy offers college-bound juniors and seniors up to 45 semester credit hours of General Education Core courses. These are part of the college’s Associate in Arts degree program, and the courses and credits will transfer to colleges and universities in the University of North Carolina System. The students will also receive high school credit for them toward their diploma. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s Learn and Earn Initiative will pay all tuition and textbook costs. Contact school guidance counselors for more information. April 1 is the deadline to enroll.