🗞️ Musical Chairs, Forsyth Students, School Edition: 2,500 students are getting new schools next year

🗞️ Don't take a ballot selfie. It's against the law.

🗞️ Need a little extra cash this holiday season? Check out Ralph Lauren.

🗞️ Your Friday in Kernersville: a sunny 80, a cooler Halloween and one last day to vote early

☀️ Sunny | High: 80°F | Low: 49°F

Enjoy this one, because it's the warmest day we'll see for a while. Expect full sunshine with a high near 80 and a light northwest breeze. Tonight is mostly clear and cool, around 49. Halloween Saturday turns noticeably cooler, mostly sunny with a high near 65 and a northeast breeze, so plan on a jacket for trick-or-treating.

Around 2,500 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools students will have a new residential school assignment when the district's redrawn attendance boundaries take effect for the 2027-28 school year, FOX8 reports.

The changes come out of the district's Residential Boundary Planning Project, a districtwide review of school zones. WS/FCS says the goals are to assign students to schools closer to home, make bus routes more efficient and less costly, and create more socioeconomically diverse schools. The district has begun planning how to roll out the new map.

Before anyone starts cleaning out a locker, here's the catch: a new assignment doesn't mean a student has to move. Families who want their child to stay put can apply through the district's stability process. The application opens Saturday, Oct. 31, and stays open until Jan. 29, 2027. Families who choose to stay will need to provide their own transportation, and the district says it won't know how many students will actually switch schools until families make their decisions.

Not sure whether your address is affected? Affected families were to get individual notices from the district this fall, and WS/FCS has more details on its boundary project page.

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Heading to the polls this weekend or on Election Day? Keep the phone in your pocket once you're in the booth. Taking a picture of your filled-out ballot isn't just frowned upon by election officials in North Carolina. It's against the law, the Kernersville News reports.

North Carolina is one of a number of states with a "ballot selfie" ban, Wake Forest University political science professor John Dinan told the paper. The point is to protect the secret ballot. A photo of a completed ballot is exactly what someone paying or pressuring a voter would need to confirm the vote was cast their way, so the law takes that option off the table.

Not everyone is a fan. Critics argue the ban infringes on free speech, and a challenge brought by a voter who posted a picture of her ballot online is now before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. So far, a federal judge has sided with the state, and Dinan says the law has withstood legal scrutiny.

Early voting wraps up Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Kernersville Recreation and Event Center and Paddison Memorial Branch Library, and Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Snap a picture of your "I Voted" sticker instead.

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If the holiday budget could use a boost, there's seasonal work close to home. Workforce company Adecco is hiring for 1,500 seasonal warehouse positions in Kernersville and High Point to support Ralph Lauren through the holiday shopping rush, ABC45 reports.

Adecco says the jobs come with multiple shift options, guaranteed hours, available overtime and opportunities for advancement, and applicants of all experience levels are encouraged to apply.

The company held a three-day hiring event in Greensboro earlier this week, but you can still apply online. For more information, call the local Adecco team at 336-854-6000.

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Here's what to know heading into Halloween weekend.

Soak up the sunshine. Today is sunny and warm with a high near 80. Tonight is mostly clear and cool, around 49. Halloween Saturday turns cooler, mostly sunny with a high near 65 and a northeast breeze, and it dips to about 46 Saturday night, so bundle up the trick-or-treaters. Sunday is partly sunny, around 67.

Last call for early voting. Both Kernersville early voting sites, the Recreation and Event Center on Shields Road and Paddison Memorial Branch Library on Harmon Lane, are open 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today. Saturday, Oct. 31, is the last day, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. After that, you will vote at your assigned polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. See sites and hours.

Halloween weekend is here. Tonight brings the Spirited Halloween Ball at Körner's Folly, Fall Fest at The Crossing Church and the Walkertown Little League Trunk or Treat. On Saturday, catch the Bunker Hill UMC Trunk or Treat from 1 to 3 p.m., the VFW Post 5352 Trunk or Treat from 4 to 8 p.m., Downtown Trick or Treat from 6 to 8 p.m. and the Masonic Lodge No. 669 Trunk or Treat from 6 to 9 p.m. Check the events calendar above for addresses and links.

Fall back Sunday. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, so set your clocks back an hour before bed Saturday night. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep.