1 0 3. THE STANLY NEWS PRESS, Albemarle, N.C., Sunday, March 5, 2000 3A' Students 4t London's attendance area. The K-8 school could help reduce New London's enrollment by 200 students. It's the third time since 1993 a bond has been offered to fund school construction" in County, where 15. of the sys- A tem's 20 schools are overcrowded.
Each bond referendum failed. With a limited amount of state money available, local. school systems in North Carolina must come up with the bulk of the funding for school construction, usually by taking out a bond a decision that often results in a tax increase. Stanfield park park to perform their routine' security checks." Stanfield Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kevin Barbee said he had "no, problem with" Whitley's request," provided the police department frequently patrols the park during the night. After a half an hour of deliberation, the Council decided to leave the gate.
open 24 hours each day for one month to deter-: mine if a locked park entrance is necessary. Pete Henkel Park, named for a former Stanfield mayor, consists Oakboro Already, some residents worry that outside developers will pur-' chase large tracts of the scenic farmland and clear it for new homes. Stanly County commissioners recently put a controversial zoning law in place to control No bond has' passed in Stanly County since the 1960s. And the result, education officials say, is that they have to do the best job of maintaining the County's school buildings with the money the system has. In general, the school system is growing by almost 300 dents a year, but even faster in some western communities.
Next year, Rogers expects her school's. enrollment will 780 students a larger enrollment than some of the County's high schools. Other. County, elementary schools share New London's problems. of two ballfields, a basketball and tennis court, playground equipment and a sheltered picnic area.
In other business: The Council is encouraging Stanfield residents to bring in photographs of local scenes they, like and dislike as well as photographs of scenes in other areas they would like and would not like to see in their town. All of the photographs will be posted in the Stanfield Town Hall. The public is welcome to drop by and view them from 9 continued from page one 3 growth. Another developer also plans to request that Oakboro consider annexing a. subdivision along Alonzo Road.
That annexation, if approved, could change the town's corpo-: rate limits, said one official. Learning about jobs people do The children at Albemarle Head Start are doing a unit of study about Jobs People Do. Richard Shankle, a former Head Start student and an employee of Heritage. Environment Services, along with Head Start teacher, Arnette Clark, demonstrates the suit that is worn when entering an unstable environ- ment. Shankle is a graduate of Johnson Smith University with a degree in biology and also attended Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort.
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and a wooden: staircase that parents and teachers consider unsafe. N.C. education officials say most state schools no longer use wooden stairs, fearing that they can create a fire hazard. And elementary schools in several communities use the same kind of open classroom continued from page one a.m. until.
5 p.m., Monday through Friday. "The Council is planning now for Stanfield's future," Stanfield Town Clerk Talisa Linker said. "Our goal is to encourage citizens to take an active role in this planning process." For additional information, contact Linker at (704) 888- 2386. Bill Davis continued from page one missioner for Union County. He said he would strongly support.
the volunteer fire and rescue teams. Other candidates to file are incumbent Democrats Aaron Plyler and William Purcell and Republicans Michael Concannon and Eddie Goodall. Libertarian Party candidate Alan R. Light has also filed. building that New London has a design School Superintendent Jeff Moss calls an "unworthy concept" because it doesn't give teachers the privacy they need to teach class effectively.
But the main building at New London has one problem that separates it from most Stanly schools. The exceptional students who use, wheelchairs have no elevator or ramp to help them get to the second floor. of New London's 70-year-old, two story main building, a situation that fails to. meet guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Teachers sometimes have to move their classes downstairs so Traveling art continued from page one first stop in 1971.
All Stanly residents are invited to tour the gallery, participate in an interactive program and view Artrain USA's resident artist and local community artists demonstrating their skills. Artrain USA is open for public viewing on Saturday, April 1, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and on Sunday, April 2, from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged.
For. additional information about Artrain USA's upcoming visit, please contact the Stanly County Arts Council at 982- 8118. CONSULT THE WANT ADS the exceptional students can participate in education programs, Milano knew some of the disadvantages New London faced, but took the job because he saw the school's students still got high test scores in reading and math. Milano, a lab instructor with the military for more than five years, said he: never without a. science lab until he to New The school has no gas or water in his science classroom, where he teaches about 90 students every day.
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