THE SHELBY INDEPENDENT

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent One More One Less submitted an upset bid on Friday, April 17, in the amount of 266,000 for the Marion school property. Cleveland County Schools – Last week, a few days after the Cleveland County Schools Board of Education accepted to move forward with an offer from Jerry Allen for the old Marion School property, One More One Less, the nonprofit organization who originally made an offer that was tabled by the school board several mon

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent All CCS Board members unexpectedly raise their hands to vote 9-0 to the Marion Resolution presented Monday night. | CCS YouTube photo still Cleveland County Schools – It was a quiet uneventful vote Monday night, as the Cleveland County Schools voted on the resolution to move forward with the bid process to accept Jerry Allen’s bid on Marion School property. Unlike meetings in the past regarding Marion, it was a calm process, with

By Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent The CCS Board of Education during their public meeting, March 9, 2026. The discussion over Marion took the main focus last night , as school board members made their thoughts known, keeping in line with where they had been before, months ago, with a few exceptions. Board of Education members Aaron Bridges and Gloria Sherman seemed to have shifted slightly, not in their sincerity to sell the building, but in shifting to supporting an open

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent CCS Board of Education poses with shelby High School athletes, Zaryn Ussery, Keynia Trammell-Mason, Olivia Oliver, and Noni Oliver. Editor’s note: For more information about the sale of Marion School, and board comments, see the other Board of Education news story published after this one, Tuesday afternoon, 3/10/2026 . On Monday night, during the school board public meeting, Dr. Jason Parker, Executive Director of Elementary Schoo