Greetings, and welcome as we begin the 2022-2023 school year! My name is Dr. Eric Cunningham, and I serve as the proud Superintendent of Halifax County Schools. 

First, let me thank you for your support and understanding as we, as a nation and community, responded to the unexpected invasion of COVID-19. I am very proud of how our HCS staff, parents, students, and community leaders handled the demands and challenges of starting the school year. Together, we continued to educate and feed our students during the most unusual of circumstances.

Halifax County Schools have faced many challenges. We began the school year with face-to-face learning with a mask mandate. On March 21, 2022, we switched to optional masks. During this time, we will take things " slow and steady" as we try to proceed with a normal school year. Our focus this year is "alignment", which has been defined as the act of aligning or state of being aligned, especially the proper positioning or state of adjustment of parts in relation to each other. Halifax County Schools have implemented processes and procedures to maintain safety throughout our district. We’re confident that our plan is in the best interest of the HCS community. With that said, the timeline of our COVID-19 frontier story is entering another phase. Let’s recap and forge ahead! 

As we enter Part II, Phase II, we have prepared to bring our staff and students back to begin reopening under our “new normal”. We must learn from our past and reimagine Halifax County Schools with a focus on coherence. Alignment is the quality of forming a unified whole; being logical and consistent. Keeping our students and staff as safe as possible is a unified effort and remains our top priority.  

We have launched a Reopening Schools tab on our HCS webpage.  There, you can easily locate updated information on the HCS Reopening Plan, Reopening Process Flow Charts, and the District Remote Instruction Plan. I encourage parents and guardians to visit the HCS webpage frequently and follow our social media for up-to-date and accurate information. Visit their school web pages to learn more about your children’s remote instructional day. Access the Teacher Information page for your student's class schedule, links to assignments, lesson videos, support resources, office hours, and more.

Many thanks for your continued support as we strive to do what is best for ALL of our students and staff during these challenging times. Remember, you are essential to your child’s success on our coherence journey this year!

Dr. Eric L. Cunningham,
Superintendent