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The Chronicle
Volume 45, Numbers
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.
THURSDAY, September 20, 2018
Carver shows highest
growth among
H.S
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Just two years after it was tagged as one of the lowest
performing schools in the state, Carver High School
showed more growth than any other high school in the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools district and
exceeded expectations, according to the N.C.
Accountability Report released a few weeks ago.
Since the 2013-2014 school year, the State Board of
Education has used the READY Accountability report to
access schools performance across the state. School per
formance grades (A-F) are calculated using a weighted
model of 80 percent achievement and 20 percent growth.
The report also includes schools expected growth rate was
“not met,” “met” or “exceeded.”
In the initial report released in the summer of 2015,
Carver was one of 11 schools in the Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County Schools system tagged as a “prior
ity school” by the state and in need of reform.
This year’s report tells a totally different story. The
report shows Carver has a school growth index of 6.45,
the second highest growth rate in the entire district and
more than 2 percentage points higher than most high
schools in the area.
And for the second year in a row, Carver Nation has
exceeded expected growth.
Dr. Carol Montague-Davis, principal at Carver, said
the growth rate is a
direct result of a
hardworking facul
ty and staff who are
willing to go above
and beyond the
normal call of duty
to help students in
need.
“The teachers
that we have here
are committed to
our students and
willing to go
beyond in order to meet their needs,” she said.
Montague-Davis said since last summer when she was
named principal at Carver for the second time, they have
implemented several programs to support students includ
ing after-school tutoring, Saturday tutoring and credit
recovery. She said it’s important that students have the
support they need to succeed and the confidence to want
to succeed.
“If you build that relationship with students and have
them believing in themselves and show them that you
believe in them, then they will do everything that they can
for you,” said Montague-Davis. “... I’m constantly talk
ing to them asking them how they feel and encouraging
them to be leaders. I tell them high school is about you,
it’s not about us, so how do we make this the best experi
ence you can have.”
The same confidence Montague-Davis instills in the
students in the hallways has carried over into the class-
room. Cecelia Tolliver, who has taught at Carver since
2012, said students are becoming more confident in the
classroom and it’s showing in the test scores. She said it
feels good to know that so much has changed in such a
short period of time.
“I’ve been here for six years, so 1 remember when we
were 9 percent proficiency, and that’s not a good feeling.
So seeing the changes that we’ve put in place and seeing
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Photo by Todd Luck
HURRICANE FLORENCE
Florence
leaves mark
on W-S
CHRONICLE STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Winston-Salem experienced some isolated flooding,
downed trees and temporary power outages when the
remnants of Hurricane Florence hit the Triad over the
weekend.
University Parkway at Coliseum Drive was flooded
Sunday night due to a clogged storm drain. Areas of
Salem Creek Greenway and Salem Lake Trail were under
water. Apartments on Bethania Station Road were also
James and Kristy Franklin accept a resolution from Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke and City Council
Member Denise “DD” Adams, honoring their daughter, Miss America, Nia Imani Franklin.
City Council honors
new Miss America’s
Winston-Salem roots
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Mayor Allen Joines and the Winston-
Salem City Council honored Miss
America, Nia Imani Franklin, for her local
roots during their Monday night meeting.
Her parents, James and Kristy
Franklin, accepted the resolution declaring
Sept. 17, 2018, as “Winston-Salem Native
Ms. Nia Imani Franklin Day.”
“It’s still so unbelievable, but we knew
that as we saw things progress, it’s nobody
but God that helped her to get to that level
and propelled her there,” Kristy Franklin
said about her daughter. “To keep her
there, we just continue to need your
prayers.”
Franklin is a graduate of North
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Twitter Photo courtesy Miss
AmericaPageant
Nia Imani Franklin, a
Winston-Salem native,
becomes the first Miss
America in the post-
swimsuit era.
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County to vote
on Cook Medical
incentives today
Company is
asking for $2.4
million to keep 650
jobs in the city
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
County Commissioners
will vote today on an
incentive deal for nearly
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Salem Lake flows over its dam after the weekend’s
heavy rains.
evacuated due to flooding from the heavy rains.
During their Monday meeting, Mayor Allen Joines
and the City Council thanked first responders and city
staff for their work to help residents through the storm.
Resources are already being dispatched to the eastern part
of the state that was hard hit by the hurricane.
On Twitter, the Winston-Salem Fire Department is
reporting that it was helping other areas Tuesday. One
tweet said: “Lillington, NC (Harnett Co.): Our water res
cue team has been working with Cary FD clearing houses.
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$2.4 million over 10 years
for Cook Medical to stay in
Winston-Salem.
Cook Medical’s current
local campus, located off
Bethania Station Road, has
200,000 square feet across
numerous buildings where
650 full-time employees
work. The company has
run out of room to expand
at its current location and
has had an extensive
search for a new home.
Cook designs, develops
and manufactures mini
mally invasive devices for
41 medical specialties in
135 countries.
Scott Sewell, Cook’s
vice president of
Technology Acquisition
and Development, said the
company was unable to
find a suitable spot in
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