Community input sought on MLK extension plan
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City transportation planners will hold a drop-in session on
Tuesday, June 22 to display options tor improving existing roads as
an alternative to building an extension of Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive west to Reynolda Road.
The session will be held from 4 -7 p.m. in the Pine Rtx)m of the
YWCA, 1201 Glade St. The information will be available for
review for 30 days after the meeting, online at
www.DOT.CityofWS.org. and at the city DOT offices, 100 E. First
St.. Suite 307.
Written comments on the alternatives will be accepted through
July 23. Send comments to Greg Lrrett. City of Winston-Salem
DOT, RO. Box 2511, Winston-Salem. N.C. 27102. Citizens may
also fax comments to 748-3370 or submit them by e-mail to
grege@cityofws .org .
Carter
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during last Friday's com
mencement ceremony in the
school's gymnasium.
An audience filled with
friends, family members and
Carter Vocational teachers and
staffers cheered loudly for
each graduate as Principal
Donna Horton handed out cer
tificates.
"These kids overcame a
lot. They never gave up,"
Horton said. "They weren't
dealt the luckiest hand from
the get go, but they did it any
way."
Graduate Roderick Phelps,
22, was enrolled in a tradition
al high school for just two
weeks when his parents,
Kenneth and Brenda Phelps,
decided to pull him out and
enroll him at Carter.
Brenda Phelps said he was
"just sitting there" at the tradi
tion school. She said at Carter,
he was with his peers, con
stantly interacting with them
and the staff.
"It was like being in high
school, instead of just being in
a classroom," said Brenda
Phelps, who added that the
school provided them with a
wealth of community
resources to help her find
needed resources for her son.
[.ike other Carter students.
Roderick Phelps was matched
with local companies to work
simple jobs for eight to 10
hours a week Phelps plans to
continue working now that
he's graduated, but he isn't
sure where yet.
Graduate Michelle
"Minn" Waldrep. 22. worked
at a public library for her work
experience. She will continue
her vocational and life skills
Joyce Carter with graduate Richard Jamal Gray Jr, and
Carter case manager Tasha Hayes.
training at The Enrichment
Center, where she is already
enrolled. She said she greatly
enjoyed her time at Carter.
"We have a lot of fun
doing different things," said
Waldrep, who received the C.
Douglas Carter Award during
the graduation for excellent
academics, behav
ior and citi/enshin ,
The ceremony's speaker
was Joyce Carter, the daughter
of the school's namesake and
a former teacher at the voca
tional school. Her late father
was Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County School's assistant
superintendent for special
instruction and served on a
presidential com
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Nga Tran
Kennedy Learning Center in
the fall and become known
simply as Carter High School.
Horton said it will give her
students access to a newer,
more handicap accessible
building. It will also give
them more exposure to typi
cally developed students since
the campus will also house
Kennedy Career Technical
Education High School and
the new Career Center
One thing that won't
change is the staff's devotion
to the students, said Horton.
"This is the richest school
in the system. The richest
school in the county." said
Horton. "When you come
here, the students and the staff
give back, this is where you
come to get your bucket filled
up."
Twenty-two
year-old Nga Tran
also received sev
eral awards during
the ceremony,
including an aca
demic award for
having the highest
GPA. For her work
experience. she
worked at
Winston-Salem
State University. Her duties
included spotting cars without
the proper parking permits for
the campus police. She said
she hopes that she can get a
permanent job at WSSU or
somewhere else doing similar
work.
"That's the best job. I want
to be in security," said Tran
* ith a big smile.
needs education that
led to the creation of
new laws and regu
lations that benefit
ed special needs stu
dents.
Carter praised
the school's staff,
saying that special
education ran hi
Horlon
both frustrating and
rewarding. She told
each of the students to get up
every morning and say, "Yes, 1
can
"If you have learned any
thing here ... it's that you can."
she added.
Last week's graduation
was the last that will be held
in Carter's current building on
South Main Street. The school
will move to the campus of
Grant
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Hairston
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As Chief of Staff, she will
.ilso oversee uni
vcrsity policies
and other special
projects as they
arise and serve on
various internal
and external com
mittees and
boards. She suc
ceeds Sharlene
O'Neil. who is
pursuing other
career options alter receiving
her master's degree in May.
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to join the staff at the
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro," says
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made great strides under
the leadership of Dr.
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colleagues at UNCG.
and I look forward to
the opportunity to bring
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the secretary of the Texas
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on the United Way of Denton
Board of Trustees. She has
also been a member of the
Wake Forest University
Alumni Council.
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