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N.C. Schools Have Higher Enrollment Figures Than Most Other States
North Carolina has one of
the largest public school
enrollments in the country.
About 1.1 million students
attended our schools in 1980-
81. Only nine states have a
larger pupil population.
Across the nation, more
than 40 million students
attend our public schools.
Has public school
enrollment boomed during
the recent years of declining
confidence in public
education? No. Only a slight
shift over the past few years
to private schools is evident
in our state. Compared to
the total school enrollment
in 1975, 96.9 per cent of our
students attended public
schools. Figures for 1978
indicated that public school
enrollment would drop to 95
per cent. Nationally, 89.3
per cent of our elementary
and secondary students
attend public schools.
As of 1979-80, North
Carolina provided ed
ucational services for
almost 115,000 handicapped
children-9.28 per cent of all
children. Only 10 states had
more youngsters receiving
such services, which points
up the good job our state is
doing in locating the han
dicapped. Nationally, more
than 4 million handicapp
ed children received
educational services, some
8.25 per cent of all children.
Teacher salaries are
improving. In fact, North
Carolina ranked sth among
the states with a 12.33 per
cent increase in average
salaries of public school
teachers, 1979-80 to 1980-91.
When we compare the per
cent increase in average
salaries of public school
teachers, 1970-71 to 1980-81,
Honey Collection
Is Donated
N. C. State University is
going to be a sweeter place
in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. James
Dickson of Horse Shoe have
given NCSU’s Agricultural
Extension Service their
honey collection-all 213 jars
from 39 states and 60
countries.
Dr. John Ambrose,
associate professor of en
tomology and extension
apiculturist, said the
collection would be put on
display and used in
teaching, research and
extension programs. The
display will be at 1403
Varsity Drive, and it should
be ready soon after the first
of the year.
“You won’t find any two
(jars) alike,” Dickson said
proudly. The honey is the
product of different places,
different flowers and dif
ferent times of year. The
colors and packages also
differ. There is good
Western North Carolina
sourwood honey, wild
raspberry from Maine,
heather from Scotland, and
fire weed from Alaska.
Dickson, who has kept
bees for most of his 76 years,
also gave NCSU his
collection of bee
memorabilia. Included are
such things as old smokers,
photos of North Carolina
honey queens and a copy of
the senate bill that made the
honey bee the state insect.
Sharing Ambroses’
professional interest in
apiculture at NCSU is
Stephen Bambara, an ex
tension specialist. Ambrose
and Bambara conduct
research on such things as
diseases of bees and the
pollination of various crops.
They also carry out
statewide educatioal
programs for beekeepers
and farmers who must
depend upon bees to
pollinate their crops. Am
brose also teaches En
tomology 201, a course in
beekeeping that attracts
from 50 to 60 students each
fall.
North Carolina has an
active beekeepers
association with many
county chapters. The stale
produces about six million
pounds of honey each year,
and bees add an estimated
$35-million annually to the
value of apples, blueberries,
cucumbers and other crops
they pollinate.
North Carolina ranks 13th
among the states with a
104.04 per cent gain. The
estimated average annual
salary of a public school
teacher in an elementary or
secondary school in North
Carolina in 1980-81 was
$15,858 ranking our state
27th among the states. The
estimated national average
salary was $17,264.
Public education is
largely financed from state
revenues-funds collected
primarily from the state
income tax and the state
sales tax. According to 1980-
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81 estimates, North
Carolina’s state government
allocates about 65 per cent
of its revenue for the public
schools. Only eight states
provide a larger state
contribution.
North Carolina’s public
schools fare better than
most states when it comes to
federal financial aid. North
Carolina receives 13 per
cent of its revenues from the
federal government, ac
cording to 1980-81 estimates.
It ranks 7th among the
states in receiving federal
funds. The national average
THE CHOWAN HERALD
for federal revenues to
public schools is almost 9
per cent.
Ih 1980-81, it is estimated
that North Carolina received
about 21 per cent of its
financial assistance from
local revenues-primarily
property taxes-ranking it
44th among the states. The
average local public school
revenue nationally is about
41 per cent. New Hamp
shire, who leads the states
in local support of the
schools, provided local
revenues amounting to
almost 89 per cent last year.
Per pupil expenditures in
North Carolina have in
creased more than 200 per
cent over the past 10 years.
In 1980-81, North Carolina’s
estimated expenditures per
pupil in average daily
membership were $1,905.
Thirty-two states spent
more per child, with Alaska
paying the most-$4,731. The
national average was $2,288
per child.
Figures from the 1980 fall
Gallup Poll of Public At
titudes Toward the Public
Schools point out that even
during a time of diminished
confidence in education, the
public’s belief in the im
portance of education has
markedly increased. In
1973,76 per cent of the public j
viewed the importance of i
the schools to future success i
extremely important; 19 per,
cent viewed it as fairly/
important; 4 per cent as not
to important; and 1 percent
had no opinion. In 1980, 82
per cent of the public yfewed
the schools as extremely
important and 15 pfer bent
saw the schools as fairly
important. /
Figures from the 1980 fall
QaDup Poll of Public At
titudes Toward the Public
schools show a steadily
upward turn in the number
Jbf people with no children in
school - 1969, 50 per cent; (
1977 , 66 percent; 1980, 60 ]
percent. Today’s school
“public” is much different
from that of a few years ago.
The top five problems of i
the US public schools as
identified by the public in i
the 1981 Gallup Poll were
lack of discipline, 23 per i
cent; useof drugs, ISpercent; l
poor curriculum and I
standards, 14 per cent; lack I
Ifrursday, December 24, 1981
of proper financial support, -
12 percent; and difficulty of”
getting good teachers and-J.
integration-busing, each li
percent. Let’s put the
concerns in perspective-77 .
percent of the public did not .'•
list lack of discipline as a
problem; 85 per cent did not
mention drugs; 86 percent
did not list poor curriculum
and standards; 88 per cent
did not think financial:'
support was a problem; and
89 per cent did not mention
the difficulty of getting good ■
teachers or integration
busing.