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kids? The one location scheme
works, well at the middle school
and high school levels.
This last solution would require
an act of political will ift finding
t*he funds to implement it. Please
consider this — millions set aside
for something else, e.g., a new
County office, etc — or investing
these dollars in our future...our
children.
Our response to the proposed K
2/3-5 split has been a petition (in
opposition) containing huge num
bers of concerned citizens’ names
to be presented to the Board.
Some additional observations:
Coffey
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McCulloh finally resigned the po
sition and Iredell was appointed in
his place.
One Sunday, Iredell admits he
was “not going to Church, the
Weather being rainy and no La
dies going from Mrs. Blair’s.” An
other Sunday in January, Iredell
“went to Mr. Johnston’s office
about some business I had to do for
him,” and expressed his remorse:
“I should not much approve of these
transgressions, were they to be fre
quently repeated. One great end of
the institution of the Sabbath was
to remind us that there is a God
who will one day call us to account,
and this reflection is a great guard
to virtue — improperly neglected,
we grow less averse to...the prac
tice of Vice. But my heart does not
much condemn me in the present
instance. The business was neces
sary to be done, and the Gentn.
with(#hom I did it an unerring
ObserVer'ofall the moral and so
cial duties of life.”
Iredell frequently chastised him
Sense
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aren’t enough to escape poverty.
According to an analysis by the
NC Budget and Tax Center, 78% of
poor families with children in
cluded one worker. Because of the
predominance of low wage jobs in
NC, simply getting a job is not
enough to avoid poverty.
O'Connor
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staff development or planning
time.”
If North Carolina is to pay some
of the highest salaries in the na
tion, the state should demand more
instructional time, he says.
(4) Hunt has been “silent on the
issue of allowing unqualified or
under-qualified teachers to teach
students.”
Dornan is a former lobbyist for
the NC Association of Educators
and the last two points sound like
criticism of Hunt’s lockstep to
NCAE’s directives. We won’t have
a real education governor until we
elect someone who can stand up to
the demands of the teacher’s union.
Dornan says that the “First in
America Initiative” has great po
tential, but only if it is specific in
addressing a long list of education
needs. “A plan that is largely an
exhortation to go farther within
the confines of what exists today
would be a terrible waste.” He
doesn’t predict which route Hunt
will take.
But another article in the report
criticizes Hunt for drafting the ini
tiative without input from busi
ness and education policymakers.
It appears that the Forum antici
pates another shallow Jim Hunt
public relations gimmick.
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• Compared to many other na
tions our United States scores near
the bottom in Math skills. And 40 %
of U.S. students are reading “Be
low Basic” level. Our children are
less well educated today than at
any time in our history. Poor disci
pline and lack of respect for our
teachers is at an all-time high.
Sadly, more and more of our par
ents expect our already over-bur
dened schools to raise their chil
dren for them. Over 50% of births
of children today are to unwed
mothers. These are truly “children
raising children,” and it’s only
going to get worse.
Our teachers and school staff are
overworked, underpaid and ex:
pected to do far too much with too
little. Better pay and more class
room help"are certainly serious
options to be considered, regard
self for his shortcomings, and laid
out goals for better behavior:
“When I read a Book that pleases
me I do not enquire, is this what I
can do, but is this what I ought to
do? We can all do more than we are
willing to do. — Let it be our Care
to bring our Conduct as nearly as
possible to the highest Standard,
instead of wishing to level that with
ours.” But he admits to horse races,
attending “a little dance,” and giv
ing himself “a kind of holiday, play
less of which configuration the
Board chooses. And, by the way,
has anyone polled teachers and
staff at both schools about possible
recommendations to answer some
of the serious underly ingproblems
that a simple split won’t address?
Today our Board stands at what
could be a historic crossroad. Will
it be “business as usual,” or taking
strong, bold steps to attack our
problems and expecting, no," de
manding that our schools not only
compete with North Carolina’s
best, but exceed that level. It can
be! Working together, that goal is
within reach.
Rob Charlton
Tyner
(Editor’s Note: Mr. Charlton is
president of the White Oak Elemen
tary School PTA.)
ing a Game at Billiards
Buchanan.”
Like many of us, Iredell did not
keep up his journal; in early Feb
ruary 1773, he abandoned the ef
fort. It is a loss to history, for as
Griffith J. McRee wrote in 1857:
“The Journal...possesses a charm
ing freshness of feeling and na
ivete of expression. Never was a
sketch drawn of a purer or more
innocent individual life, or of a
more social, genial community.”
Thursday -1/6
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS
The January meeting of the .
Edenton-Chowan Board of
Education will be held Thursday,
Jan. 6, in the Board of Education
Conference room starting at 7:30
p.m.
Friday - 1/7
BINGO NIGHT
American Legion Post 40
Family Relay for Life team is
holding a “Special Bingo Night”
in the back building of the
Ameripan Legion in Edenton on
_Eriday, Jan. 7, at 7:30 p.m. All
proceeds will go to the Legion
Family Relay team. Please come
support this worthwhile en
deavor. for more info, call Susan
Campbell, 482-2386.
Saturday - 1/8
CAMPFIRE READING
Join us at the family camp
ground amphitheater at Mer
chants Millpond State Park in
Gatesville, NC to read or tell
your favorite story around a
campfire, Park at the office on
Hwy. 158 and walk to jthe .
amphitheater (about one-third
mile). For more info, call
Vanessa Truman at the park
at (252) 357-1191.
Tuesday -1/11
BLOOD DRIVE PLANNED
The American Red Cross
will hold a Blood Drive in the
classroom at Chowan Hospital
in Edenton on Tuesday, Jan.
11, from 2-7 p.m. Please use
door by the ambulance
entrance. Note change in
location.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEET
The Shepard-Pruden
Memorial Library Board of
Trustees will meet Jan. 11 at
5:30 p.m. at the library in
Edenton. ,
MUSIC SERIES STARTS
Chowan Arts Council and
Chowan College will present
the first concert of its “Second
Tuesday Music Series” Jan. 11
at 6 p.m. A vocal ensemble,
“Encore,” will perform in the
Chowan Arts Council Gallery.
Free admission; donations
welcome. * .
Upcoming Events
HORTICULTURE CLUB MEETS >
The Chowan County Home
Horticulture Club will meet at
7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13, at
the Edenton Municipal Building.
The program will center around
a group discussion of possible
programs for the year 2000.
Everyone is encouraged to come
and bring a friend. Questions?
Call Art Wadsworthat 482-2314.
BOOK CLUB TO MEET
On Jan. 18, Friends of the
Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library Book Club will meet at
3:30 p.m. at the library in
Edenton to discuss “The Pilot’s
Wife” by Anita Shreve.
INTERMEDIATE STAINED GLASS
The Chowan Arts Council is
offering an intermediate class in
the art of stained glass with
instructor J.E. Yates. This adult
workshop will consist of five
sessions — Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3,10,
17 — from 7-9 p.m. Tuition is
charged, plus a fee for materials.
The class will be taught at the
Chowan Arts Council. For more
info, call at 482-8005.
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