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6A NEWSWJc etarlotte So« Thursday, April 13, 2005 N.C. principal of the year Continued from page 1A that.” Yates won $3,000 and a one-year term with the N.C. Board of Education. A 37-year education veter an, she took her first job as principal at Northeast Mddle School in 1993, and it was her upbringing that became the foundation for the approach she takes in being a hi^ school principal. Even though Yates tries to share the values of her past with students, she is aware that she can’t simply let her philosophy of education be a trickle down effect, so she cre ates an atmosphere that is more realistic. “I took a school that is so big - 2,500 kids - and put them ip little groups so I could work with them more effi- dentiy and effectively,” she said. “I developed a compre hensive plan based on what we could do to increase their grades and decrease (suspen sions) to make sure they graduate.” Yates says that one of her strengths is that she has good relationships with her kids. ”I accept people for who they are and as long as chil dren see that you’re respect ing them, working on their behalf, and that you listen to them, it doesn’t matter what decision you make, what matters is whether they were allowed to have their voice heard,” Yates said. “That’s the difference for all people espe- daUy for minorities because they feel like they’re not being heard.” Girls basketball coach Tboy Gaston describes Yates as fair, even' if everyone doesn’t appreciate the job she is doing. “Mrs. Yates is not a fool,” Gaston said. “She under stands that not everyone loves her, and appredates her but those that do, they view her as a nurturer, a mother figure, and that’s fix)m the staff. “She’s fair minded... and if you can accept that, then you have no problem with Mrs. Yates.” Students agree. “Everybody loves Mrs. Yates,” senior Demi Dawldns said. “She’s like the cool prin- dpal because she lets us do a lot of stuff “But we know when to stop playing and lis ten. She knows how to let us go and have fim, but then make us strai^ten up when it’s time to be serious. This school would be chaotic with out Mrs. Yates.” Tb really grasp the impact that Yates makes on the entire student body is to wit ness a flock of African American girls grinning as they hang on her every word at limch or white boys seek ing her out for help by ■ addressing her as “Mom.” Yates has the pulse of the school in her hand, and she treasures it. ‘1 have a good relationship with the kids because Fm out at limch, I know a lot of their names, I know most of them by sight, and some of them I have a good relationship with so theyTl come and talk to me,” she said. “When I pun ish, I punish the behavior, not the student, I have a bond with the parents as well, I address their issues. It might not be the answer they want but I do address it. Anywhere you go, if you don't take own ership then you’re not doing a good job.” Inner city activists want new CMS chief to address their pressing issues Continued from pageSA board are amor^ the issues facing the district. Economic segregation and a stubborn student adiievement gap at high-poverty schools con cerns inner dty proponents. Gorman needs to find a way to address those issues with out further splitting support for the schools. “He faces serioirs challenges to unify the district,” said Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP President Kenneth Give family and friends The Post. Call (704) 376-0496 for subscriptions. tlEljc Cljarlottc $0l5t White. “Unless some things change dramatically, our schools will segregate more than they already are. It’s obvious our system is not equal.” Wth task forces sv^esting radical change at CMS and polls showing a potential bond referendum would fail without new leadership, inner city activists are wor ried middle-class subm-ban activists are driving the edu cation debate. ‘That’s a concern we have,” White said. “It appears African American and other minority children will be affected by changes. What happens in our schools hap pens to all schools. If you improve your worst schools, then your other schools will get better.” Regardless of pohtics, Gorman’s challenge will be creating a cohesive plan that instills confidence in a school district that hasn’t had much in recent years. ‘You need to have the type of leadership that wiU bring the community together,” McElrath said. ‘He’s going to have to find a way to get peo ple to sit down.” Said White: ‘We always have hope. We hope to devel op a dialogue with Mr. Gorman and share our con cerns. 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The Department’s current Transportation Improvement Program includes funding for con struction of Sections B and C of the Bypass (US 601 east to US 74 near Marshville). Section A is cur- rencl}' scheduled for post years (after 2012) in the Transportation Improvement Program. The three Sections provide logical termini or endpoints for the Bypass, enable the Bypass to provide independent utility, and were studied within the original NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) environmental document that was prepared for the project. Because of the age of the NEPA environmental document (1997) for the Monroe Bypass, the Department is preparing a reevaluation of the original document. The completion of the NEPA document reevaluation is needed before any portion of the Bypass can be let to contract. During the course of the reevaluation study, it was discovered that MUMPO’s Long-Range Transportation Plan did not include Section A of the Bypass. 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