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Try, Try Again?
Thi'sc before and after shots of the “Four R’s" at 671
Ocean Boulevard West at llotden Bearh tell a story of
their own as oeeanfront property owners attempt to
keep ahead of winter storm damage. The top
photograph shows the hou.se after the Jan. 1 storm,
while the middle one shows efforts to protect the repair
the damage. Uke many other Holden Beach property
holders, the owaers took advantage of a blanket permit
obtained by the town to have sand pushed up at low tide
to form new dunes. But at the “Four R’s,” as at some
other locations along Brunswick County beaches,
unusually high tides and southwcstcriy gales later
reclaimed a chunk of the newiy-ereated dunes (bottom
photo). The old adage, “If at first you don't succeed,
try, try again,” may suit the situation to a T.
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port. Tliat way you can acconiplLsh
tlic intent of the program,” he said.
The program is not intbaded to
make alt school systems equal, he
stressed, but to make sure a basic
program of instruction is available to
all students.
“It should make a difference to
young people,” ho said. “It should
make a difference in the types of pro
grams they will have access to.”
What the plan is not is a
"lock-step” system like those
adopted in some states. Church in
dicated. “We’re not saying every
child should be on page 46 on Oct.
14.”
Rather, guidelines spelled out in 19
volumes of teacher handbooks are
supposed to be starting points for
school systems to develop their own
curriculum that meet the state’s
minimum standards.
Brunswick County has already-
begun developing some of its own
competency-based curricula, which
earned Church’.s praise for their in
clusion of learning activitie.s and
measurement of progress, said Jean
Parker, public information officer.
Two Major Changes
The two major instructional
changes, said Church, are that school
systems will have to offer a second
foreign language—in Brunswick
County’s case, French—to students
in grades kindergarten through 12.
They must also offer four arts com
ponents—dance and theater in addi
tion to the music and visual arts now
generally available
The oasic program wiii be required
of students in g.rades K-5, including
study of a second language. In grades
six through eight, students must take
a normal core curriculum, plus one
of the four arts components each
year. Pre-vocational and foreign
language classes will be electives.
Development of thinking and
reasoning skills and integration of
learning are covered in the program,
he added in response to a question
from Chairman P’orstner. “We hope
we do not get caught in a mastery
trap of read and regurgitate.”
Learning, he said, needs to be less
fragmented by subject matter so it
makes more sense to students.
General education .students in the
“no man’s land” between those who
Temps Should
Warm Slightly
Near-normal temperatures and
rainfall are expected over the next
few days, which means more spr
inglike weather for the South
Brunswick Islands after a week of
cooler weather.
Shailotte Point meteorologist
Jackson Canady said temperature
during the week should average from
the mid-40s at night into the mid-60s
during the daytime, with about a half
inch of rain.
"All in all,” he said, "we have a
fairly nice progression this week into
the beginnings of spring."
For the period March 10-16, the
maximum high of 72 degrees occur
red on the 16th and the minimum low
of 27 degrees was recorded on the
14th.
An average daily high of 59 degrees
combined with an average daily low
of 3j degrees for a daily average
Umperature of 46 degrees. Canady
said that was about eight degrees
below normal.
There was no measurable
precipitation, a marked change from
earlier weeks.
arc college-bound and vocational arc
the ones most likely to drop out, lie
continued, because they sec no rela
tionship bctwi-cii whiit they’re .study
ing and what they’ll be doing as
adults.
in high school, students nuist bike
the 11 courses required by tlic state,
plus additional work to make 20
credit hours, the minimum requited
for graduation.
Preschool screening will be re
quired, as well as early inter^■entiun
planning for those who appear to lie
academically at risk. “We hear so
much about dropouts in North
Carolina. It is not a high school
phenomenon,” said Cliurch. "The
decision is often made much
earlier.” Also covered in the plan arc
promotion and retention .itandarsU
for each grade, with sununrr school
sessions for students who fail to meet
those standards. Church di-.scribcd
last year’s sununcr progr.".m for
students in grades three, six and
eight as very successful.
Planning Begins
Before the executive session, the
current four-year plan for the school
system was presented to board
members to work from in preparing
a new plan. They were also asked to
bring back suggestions as to which
programs should lie continued during
the coming year.
The board also set a meeting for
6:30 p.m. Monday, March .10, at the
Southport conference room to discuss
next year’s budget and programs.
That meeting will be considered the
board's regular April scsSluii.
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and provide (lie meter. WiUium.son
asked mat liie iiLsiniiniion costs be
considererJ part of tlic company’s
assessment wlien the project is com
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Also, the board plans to recom
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that the standards for water line pipe
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