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The School Bond Debate says yes to $94 million school bond issue Joseph Williams Sr. voices strong support for school bonds during meeting at First Baptist Church. SCHOOLS NOT INCLUDED IN $94,000,000 BOND Elementary Schools Children's Center Clemmons Downtown Forest Park Piney Grove Speas Union Cross Whitaker Middle Schools Wiley Reason Renovated 1993 - Not a Board of Education Building Building opened 1981-82 Opened 1992 not a Board of Education owned building-Leased New Facility-completed 1990-91 New Facility-completed 1990-91 New Facility-completed 1990-91 Partially reroofed 1993 Air Conditioned 1988 New Facility-Completed 1991-92 Air Conditioned 1989 Boilers 1990 Reason Renovated 1995-96 High Schools Reason Independence Air Conditioned 1994 Boilers Replaced 1991 North Forsyth Air Conditioned 1994 ' Structural Repairs 1992 'EThe S^eAitage Th? AuthorUad King Jvm Vomcf. KckKflng tha Old and Maw Taalamar*. A mora than BO-paga Molten *Man and Women of Color r tta Wfcia,* tracing tha harltaga nf raoaa and colon FAMILY HEALTH EDUCATION tCRVfCC Blbte* ? BIMt Story ? Msdlool Books ? Books for ChiMrsn ALPHONZO INGRAM RlimCTtMTA-nvf (910) 744-0556 SEE GOD'S POWER IN BLACK HISTORY "tao+m from page 1 "That project was put on the back burner," he said. "But now we are spending $9 million on those renovations. We are spending twice as much money on Atkins as we would have if we had done that pro ject in 1989." Marshall also reaffirmed his support for the bond issue. "I'm for the bond because I can't be against children, 44 he said. "My children are gone from the school system, but somebody paid for them." The equity committee approved last week by the school board will guarantee that the money raised from the bond issue will be properly spent, Newell said. "I favor the bonds because the schools are in such disrepair," she said. "They have to be kept up." Newell says school officials must guarantee that every child in Forsyth County receives a solid education. "We need our schools to prepare the children for the world's work/' she said. "It's not easy." Joseph Williams Sr., a former teacher, said that he would vote for the bond referendum and influence others to do so. "Education is the most impor tant thing in America," he said. However, he asked why school officials had not maintained the schools over the years. "We did not put enough money in the budget for maintenance of buildings," Brown said. "We really didn't have anyone checking these buildings for repairs until 1994." . Marshall said the neglect of the schools' maintenance in past bud gets was a mistake. "The school board will include funding for school maintenance every year," he said. Many residents asked about the status of the renovations at Atkins. Martin said that the school offi cials will spend $9 million on the renovations of the school. "We have enough money to fin ish Atkins,'* he said. "It will be a complete job. Atkins will be a building that everyone in the com munity will be proud of." Dr. C.B. Hauser, a former state representative, said he was con cerned about the local chapter of the NAACP's lack of support for the bond issue. Many African Ameri cans may vote against the referen dum because of its position, Hauser said. ' Another resident, Pauline John son, said that too few people attended Tuesday night's meeting at First Baptist. "Where are those people with children in the schools?" she asked. "We are divided as blacks. What will happen if this bond fails?" Marshall said the Forsyth County Commissioners will likely raise taxes to pay for new schools if the bond fails or the school board may consider year-round schools to accommodate the growing student population. "I hate to think what will hap pen if the bond fails/* he said. "But education will continue to take place.** Some residents asked where the new middle schools will be located. Martin would not reveal the exact locations of the four new mid dle schools. The new sites are in a 10-mile radius within downtown Winston-Salem, he said. East Ward Alderman Joycelyn Johnson said that voters must make sure that funds raised in the bond issue are properly spent. Residents of the East Ward have attended every meeting in the black commu nity regarding the bond referendum, Brown said. "Where are the people from the other wards?** she asked. Forsyth County School Bond Projects: Elementary Schools Ashley ???????? m MjL?M=ML?f ? m $250,000 Conversion from Middle to Elementary School Bolton $1,603,873 Fourteen Classroom Addition $1,566,873 Cooling Tower Replacement $37,000 Brunson .. .. $164,000 Boiler Replacements Lewisville $2,486,000 Renovation of 1947 and 51 Buildings $2,141,000 Heat Pipe Replacements $345,000 Mineral Springs Structural Repairs ?MtMMt $352,000 Moore $82,000 Chiller Replacement Cash $82,000 Energy Management System Installation Cook $307,000 Conversion from Middle to Elementary School $250,000 Roof Replacement - Annex and Main Entrance $57,000 Diggs 1 $885,000 Roof Replacement - Cafeteria and Upper Building 5285,000 Heat Pipe Replacement $250,000 15 Air Conditioning $350,000 ;,J,n Easton $824,517 Six Classroom Addition $671,517 Boiler Replacements $153,000 Old Richmond Boiler Replacement - Gymnasium $44,000 Cooling Tower Replacement $37,000 Old Town MMMMMM<MMM ?MM*??? Replacement of Existing Building $81,000 Rural Hall.. Boiler Replacement - Gymnasium $44,000 Chiller Replacement $82,000 . $7,816*600 $126,000 Sedge Garden $114,000 Roof Replacement - 1955 Classroom Building $77,000 Cooling Tbwcr Replacement $37,000 MMM*MMMMMMMM? Griffith Energy Management System Installation ? ???????M?MMMMM?MMM M4?M?I $436,000 .... $82,000 ? ?????????? M*MM< $145,000 Hall-Woodward mmmmm4mmmmmmm*mmmm Chiller Replacement $63,000 Energy Management System Installation $82,000 lbraham...? ...... $1*343,034 Twelve Classroom Addition Kennedy MitMMMMtMMMMM#MHIINMtMMMMMMMHIMMM?MtM?? $345,000 Conversion from Middle to Elementary School Roof Replacement - West and Middle Wings $95,000 Sherwood Forest.... Boiler Replacement $164,000 Heat Pipe Replacement $272,000 South Fork?$2,133,551 Replacement of 1925 and 1952 Buildings $2,014,551 Cooling Tower Replacement $37,000 Energy Management System Installation $82,000 Southwest Boiler Replacement MtMfM MMMWUMMMI Vienna......... Roof Replacement - Cafeteria Kernersville $278,000 Roof Replacement 1951,1956,1958 Buildings $117,000 Boiler Replacements $161,000 Kimberley Park $119,000 Cooling Tower Replacement $37,000 Energy Management System Installation $82,000 Konnoak $419,000 Boiler Replacements $153,000 Heat Pipe Replacement $266,000 Walkertown Waste Water System Modifications New Elementary Schools $153,000 $102,000 ... $162,500 New Jefferson New Northwest New West $6^16,647 $7,176,244 $7,176*244 Latham MMMMMMM?MMM?MMMMMMM?MmMMMM?MMMMM?MMM? $343,000 Roof Replacement-1957 Building Except Cafeteria $190,000 Boiler Replacements $153,000 Angelou Discusses Issues with Frost from page 2 and former civil rights activist demurred when Frost asked how hef presence may have lifted the fortunes of Farrakhan. "I did not promote Minister Farrakhan," she said. "I appreciate Minister Farrakhan for having the courage and the insight to call the march . . He wasn't the cause of the march. The cause of the march is the ram part racism in our country." Angelou voiced her disagreement with Farrakhan's separatist views, and on the sub ject of his anti-Semitic slurs - such as call ing jews "bloodsuckers" and the Jewish faith "a gutter religion" - she stated, '1 definitely know that those are not true statements. "I'm not going to support him just because he's black," she said of Farrakhan. "But calling the march for black men was so positive - I'd have loved it if Andy Young had called it I would have adored it if Jesse Jackson had called it" Turning to presidential politics, Frost asked whether a Colin Powell presidency would be good for African Americans. ? "I don't know," replied Angelou. Td have to see what Mr. Powell is espousing, First, he hasn't even said he will run. But I'd like to hear his platform. I mean being black is not enough. . . . Now, if General Powell, takes a position that is positive, then he has my vote. But if he doesn't, then he doesn't" In the event of a Powell presidency, she added with a laugh, she does not expect to write another inaugural poem, she did for President Bill Clinton in 1993. "Been there, done that," she said Talking about Powell, Frost pointed out that the retired general had declined to join the Million Man March, fearing that his pretence on the stage could give Fanakhan' "a level of credibility" that he didn't deserve. Nonetheless, Angelou emphasized her belief that the rally held particular signifi cance in terms of the relationship between black men and black women. "The history of black men and black women is so fraught with guilt and embar rassment, So black men, who have the same trials and triumphs as all other men, found themselves, from the very first, unable to protect their woman on the slave posts, on the slave ships, and after on the auction block and after in slavery. 'Those who did try were often killed, so a man feel embar rassed in front of a woman if he can't protect her, if he doesn't stand up for her. And over the hundreds of years this embarrassment has grown to not only guih but a kind of dis pleasure. You know... you have seen me at my lowest You have seen me not able to stand up for you."
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