1 v ? dtt ^t I y^^Hv . .* ?/ m^-v .'.-A' f *>- ?> ;.-.vV~ ^ ? --.- j^^^^BSitLiJ s . \ ? ' ,3|^H m i& I A V jA i* v -^?' '-''cVKWHte^^k. ? ,^A. mfEfl - - Duplin High school it. Chief Investigator Jcnicto ff Wr Duplin County'Sheriff's Department teperted. Jernigan laid 17-year-old Hubert Stanley Byrd died of a. self-inflicted shotgun wound of ?? Ibdomen ftUt home or? pnll*. C I Insint A|:u. QumI ttoute o, Mount uiinMi ?yro lived with his maternal grand mother, Mrs. Nora H. Jones on the Kenansville highway, be tween Mount Olive and Sum merlin's Crossroads. He Was a senior at North Duplin High School. *"?. 2 The youth was found in the ffa,-. im, n ? _ - n ? |41 ? ? |-| oearoom 01 nis? nome, accoratng to sheriff's officiali It was reported that two of his school him H Sha>: f eifbrd of Mount Olive irtJI i ? ? t- Tun^all Doay was f^snsportea 10 1 yncuui Funetti Hone by the rescue iquid W&Wfti ? %W- mip i STANLEY BYRD *" and football - at North Duplin. He was a grid star on the Rebel squad, and was named to ttfe 1*77 All East and All Con ference lists. ; ? Head football coach Kennetk Avent described Byrd as aa outstanding athlete in all sports. "Stanley's passing Is a great loss to everybori and he.; school," Avent noted. "He ?as a good student and a good sportsman. We are all saddened byhUdeath/^r ^ ^ into iccidcot in Florida. Mon fro! iBift .chi? "?ei of Tvndal Marsh Baptist Church near Beautancus. and Larry Withrow, pastor of Salem Advent Christian Church in Mount Olive. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery in Mount Olive. Survivors, in addition to his materhal grandmother, are his father, Hubert Byrd of Route 5, Mount Olive;^ his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Byrd of Route S. Mount Olive; and one brother, Ronnie Clay Byrd of the home. \ . North Duplin schools were dismissed-Tuesday afternoon in order that students might attend the ftineral services. Each class at North Duplin met Monday morning to deckle on appro priate memorial services for Byrd. H#art Sunday I fir' Heart Sunday is February 26th. and volunteers will *? , soliciting contributions through out theCounty. v It has been announced that the Drivers License Btamirier is hack on a tegjllar Monday and Friday schedule in Beularfile. N I Duplin County High School Juniors To Take Competency Test February 28 Duplin County high school juniors. ?k?g with all other high school juniors in North Carolina, will begin taking the High School Competency Test Feb ruary 28, 1978. This first-year test (this spring) does not ill any way determine a student's eli gibility for graduation. This is only a "trial test" to determine a minimum standard for future eleventh-graders. The test to be given thj# kali wijl be the first one to effect the graduation status of a student. The tests are designed to measure Basic Survival Skills in Reading and Math. (See Page 6 for sample questions.) James Kenan High School, East Duplin High School and Wallace-Rose {fill High School juniors will take four separate reading tests. North Duplin High School juniors and the juniors enrolled at the'Extended Day School at E.E. Smith wiH take a combina tion package at tests consisting r????? Sfi a math skills tettt and a test of reading survival dtills. During the 1977 session of the ^General Assembly, two testing programs were enacted Into ?law. One bill, the Annual Testing Program, requires the administration of tests in basic subjects at five grade levels -- grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9; the other bill, the High School Graduation Competency - Program, provides for the adop tion and use of tests to assure that high school graduates possess skills and knowledge necessary to function in society. Fropi the results obtained by this spring's test, a special testing commission will recom mend to the State Board of Education what they consider to bo competency. In the fall of (978, another test will be given to all eleventh-graders. Stu dents who fail to attain the minimum standard will be given remedial instruction and addi tional opportunities to take the test. Students who fail to pass parts of the teat will be re tested on only those parts they fail. Annaal Twang Program During the first two weeks of April, all Duplin County stu dents in grades 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 will "Segin taking tests in the basi<^areas of reading, writing and arithmetic. This is called the Annual lasting Program and is required by legislation enacted by the 1977 General Assembly. The purpose of this testing program is to: (1J assess the effectiveness of our educa tional process; (2) insure that each pupil receives maximum benefit; and (3) help local school systems and teachers identify and correct studcqfa! needs in basic skills. Criterion referenced tests will be used in the first and sejyod grades, ancT"tiorm referenced tests will be given jn * grades 3. 6 and 9. Each parent will receive a copy of his or her ' child's score on the Annual Test by early June. More information will be available on interpreting the test scores from your local school. In addition to the two state testing programs, Duplin County students in grades 4. 5, 7 and 8 will be tested by the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. These scores wil^be available at your local school in eaqy June. :S '? ? - i ^ f ;1 ?????. | Son Of A Gun " - *-?- * " ? - Jo? Lonlrj ? Hardly a day goes by without someone , mentioning ' the "communication gap;* or "lock of communications/' Usually it Uid r afaam ?? n ? Am ? ? ? > -A- J 10 rcicrcnce to parents ana their offspring. A parent, or a child, oolong the other a ques tion that may be cmbarassing win get the run-around end told everything but die "yes" or J "no" they were looking for. This is nothing new. This so-called gap as been with us as long as there have been parents and children. In my childhood, I remember stories about storks bringing babies, of parents finding them in a cabbage patch or in a stump, just to mention a few. This gap existed then and probably always will... There is. however, a commu nication gap that should not exist, in my opinion, and that communication gap is between the Duplin County School Administration and die people of Duplin County... Several years ago when I first began trying to report the newt and happenings in Duplhr, I mode a list of things I would like to see happen. On that list was "Get a straight answer from the school administration. " I would go to school board meetings and hear several times during the meeting that "perhaps we should not discuss that with the press present,". . .Or when 1 would ask about some project, school, and numerous other things, the Answers Were lengthy, off-base, or so foreign to the question, I sometimes forgot the question I bod asked. . . . After a few hours trying to get a definite statement, and after listening to everything but a definite statement. I would leave exhausted, and, in several instances, say the,heck with die story.. .1 was never sure if I was being given the run-around or If they were as dumb about the answer as I wot-.. However. . .1 thought 1 hod noted s change during the past' ooupfeof months. 1 seemed to seeking^the two school the bus driver befog cadgj*.. out due to the outbreak of flu. feretice Wat ftV#?n ICIWvC WH VSWH IICIU MIVIBHI MDOtit tnf C t> Of?t ?flCT t* '; '\A y; i 1 i