GRANITE QUARRY — Eighty first-graders at Granite Quarry Elementary School got the surprise of the season on Dec. 18 when an elf suddenly appeared flying across the sky.

On Tuesday, a cluster of COVID-19 infections was identified at Granite Quarry Elementary School by Rowan County Health Department, epidemiologically linking five student cases.

Students at Granite Quarry Elementary School were sent home early Friday morning because there was no heat in the building. [CLOSINGS & DELAYS: Many school districts closed or delayed Friday ...

Granite Quarry Elementary School went under lockdown Tuesday. Police received a disturbing phone call that caused concern for students' safety, placing the school under a high-severity lockdown.

Granite District previously voted to close Westbrook Elementary and Carl Sandburg Elementary School, as well as Oquirrh Hills Elementary in 2019. And Granite High was shuttered years earlier, in 2009.

Granite School District will consider changes to this year’s school scheduleon Monday morning. Caption: KUTV. They include allowing elementary teachers the option to teach in person, and online ...

Any changes to the schools wouldn't begin until the 2026-2027 school year. The Granite School District has already held two open houses back in March and planned to hold another one Wednesday night.

The teachers in the Granite School District are overwhelmingly unsatisfied with the district’s re-opening plan, but union leadership says the situation got a little better Monday. Caption ...

The district previously closed three elementary schools in 2019. And it shuttered Granite High in 2009. The population in its boundaries is aging, and many families are electing to go to charter ...