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A group of state-paid consultants came to Duplin County
at the request of tbe Duplin County Superintendent of
Schools. These consultants made a study of Duplin's
present school buildings, the population projections, |
trends, and other people-related matters. They then '
delivered to the Board of Education on September 6, a
"perfect plan" or an "ideal plan.". . .(The recom
mendations of this study by the State Division of School
Planning is in a story elsewhere in this newspaper. . .1
suggest you read it). . .(DUPLlS TIMES). . .The school
administration has for man>' ears given tests to Duplin's
youth in schools in pracl.ally every grade level, and in
every school, the results'of these tests are used fotvarious
things. . .One thing these tests do show. . .The building in
which the tests were given heve nothing to do with the
outcome of the tests, . .The tests were uniform in the old
buildings as in the newer ones.. .So. one must assume the
building has no bearing on the test results.. . -So, when I
say I am not in f?vor of all this "ideal plan." I am not
saying 1 am not in favor of education. I am. very much in
favor of education. I believe Duplin youngsters should get
the very best. . .To obtain this, they do need safe,
comfortable buildings. They do need qualified, dedicated
teachers, and parents who instil) the desire to learn. .
.Now, back to this school building study. . .Among the
things 1 find hard to accept is the abandoning of perfectly
good school buildings and building new ones. I do see the
need of adding on to some buildings. 1 do see the need of
replacing some old buildings. . .But, it just goes against
the grain to stop using a building that is in perfect shape
and construct another. The school board has not yet
studied and made its recommendations of this "ideal
plan." When it does, I feel sure the politics of Rose Hill
and Wallace will be against the plan as there is no
recommendation for an auditorium at Wallace-Rose Hill
High School". . .Neither am I sure the folks at James Kenan
and North Duplin are ready to combine their high schools,
though it may fit just perfect into this "ideal plan." It
abandons two perfectly good school buildings ? Warsaw
Junior High and North Duplin lunior High. The study
mentioned it would cost about Sid million to fulfill the
plan. It also mentioned the possibility of borrowing the
money through issuing bonds. . .This, I believe. Is not the
way. . .$10 million sounds like a fair figure, sounds like an
obtainable figure, but not by bonds. According to the
Governor's Study, when one dollar is borrowed, the
pay-back, including interest, is two dollars and a half. .
.This high interest is unacceptable to me. . .However, as it
seems the revenue sharing plan is to continue, and the
county commissioners have not included it in their budget,
once again, as in the past, it could be used to construct
school buildings. Also, the new half-cent sales tax is new
revenue. . So, without much trouble, the commissioners
could come up with $1 million a year for the next ten years
and construct everything that is needed ? and I stress the
world needed, as 1 do not believe all this presented plan is
needed. . .But, now is the time to obligate the money
before the commissioners put it to some other use. . .Also,
the school administration should re study its budget and
hold its every-year increase to a standstill. . .They, too,
should contnoute. I await anxiously to see how the school
board accepts the plan. .,
I was at a meeting recently when another person spoke
before a group to make their voice known. Ellen Hardison
of Wallace has a retarded daughter who is to enter Duplin
schools this year. Mrs. Hardison went to the school board
meeting to advise them of the unacceptable'state of school
bus tr?vel for her daughter. She was not complaining
about the driver, not complaining about the adminis
tration's efforts, not complaining at all. She was just
advising the board of the facts. . .Think about it for a
moment. . .Her daughter is fjve years old, but has the
mind of an 18-month-old. . .Would you put an
18-month-old on a school bus?. . .Would you tie that child
to a seat?. . What would you do?. . .What is the school to
do?. . .As the retarded are all bussed to one school, most
have a long, long bus ride. I sure do not know the answer,
but thanks to Mrs. Hardison's nerve to step forward, I at
least am aware of the problem. . .Son-of-a-Gun. ...
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