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and in some instances all
bonds - have pointed to mis
management and historic
neglect of inner city schools’
needs as good reasons to vote
no. Others add that with a
new school board elected
Hiesday and the search for a
new superintendent, the tim
ing isn’t right for a referen
dum.
But school bonds have a
strong record of success in
Mecklenburg, with only one
defeat in the last 20 years.
“1 think we’re in good
shape,” said Anthony Fox, co
chair of the Vote Yes For
Bonds Committee “Our com
munity has a good track
record of supporting bonxls,
and I’m confident we’ll do it
agam.
CMS bonds could have a
spillover effect across the bal
lot. If either side can rally
voters, they’ll determine
Charlotte City Council, CMS
school board and referen-
dums for jails. Central
Piedmont Community
College and land purchases
to protect drinking water
fiom Mountain Island Lake
fium overdevelopment.
But Michael Evans, chair
man of the Mecklenburg
Democratic Party, isn’t sure
the bonds will prove to be a
wedge issue that produces a
mass turnout.
“There doesn’t seem to be
any overriding reason that
causes people to come out
and vote,” he said, “the only
thing that approaches that is
the bonds, and I don’t sense
the anger that past issues
have had.”
.Statistically, Fox has rea
son to be optimistie 'Ihe
margin of victory for school
bonds has consistently
topped 60 percent. Fox, who
is not related to Charlotte
City Council candidate
Anthony Foxx, said he
expects the referendums to
do just as well Utesday
“I’m always an optimist
and ith be an issue of how
big the margin will be,” he
said.
Cochrane Middle School Principal Terry Brown surveys
damage to the media center carpet Cochrane, built in 1960,
has rusting pipes, mold in some areas and a lack of storage
space for science equipment If Mecklenburg county voters
approve a $427 million bond package for public schools, $17
million in renovations would commence at Cochrane.
Sorority reaches out
with tutoring program
By David D. Dawson
tm: (HARunTE pon-
Barbara Davis paused for a moment fium tutoring a boy
with his homework as she remembered himdreds of students
; Wes
she taugjit at West Charlotte Hig^ School 'Ihe smile on her
face showed how much she is proud of their accomplishments.
It also showed how much influence teachers have in shaping
the minds of future leaders.
Davis, who primarily tau^t 12th grade English for 38
years, is program director of the Academics Leadership
Opportunity Foundation Inc. 'Ihe Alpha Lambda Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority created the founda
tion in 1995, but started the tutoring program last year.
Middle to high school students receives fiee tutoring fium
Davis and 20 other volunteers fiom 4-6 p.m. on Monday-
'Ihursday, located on 401 West Sugar Creek Road.
The program provides tutoring and enrichment for students
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