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I Learning Resource Center Pamlico Technical Institute p. O. Box 185 Highway 306 South' Grarrtsboro, N. C. 28529 The Pamlico News 15* Per Copy (USPS 782-460) Serving Pamlico County And Richland* Township Thursday, May 17,1979 Dr. Madeline Tripp, State Consultant, Joined the visitation team at the Arapahoe School and toured the school with Arapahoe School Principal Otis Peele. Accreditation Team Visits Arapahoe School Arapahoe School was visited by the Southern Accreditation . team Monday and Tuesday, May 7 and May 8. Heading up the evaluation team was Dr. Tryon Lancaster, Assistant Superintendent with Cum berland County Schools. Other visitation team members were Mrs. Margaret Munford with the Durham Schools and Mr. Ernest Perry with the Fayet teville schools. Joining the visitation team were Dr. Madeline Tripp, State Con sultant for the Southern Association and Dr. Mayland McDonald, Southern AssociationConsultant. The Southern Association is a voluntary cooperation program. The visitation team is selected by the State Committee and is made up of non-paid professional people in other member school systems. In order to become a member of the Southern Association, a school must operate according to the standards of the association-which entails en tering into a program of con tinueal improvement. The program of improvement begins with a self study, made by the applying school. Ac cording to Dr. McDonald, “The Southern Association is not a stamp of approval but a program of improvement.” The process of compiling a self study is a long and drawn out one. In 10 years Arapahoe School, as the other member schools, will have to go through the entire process, from self study to visitation, again. Five years from now the Arapahoe School will be revisited by an evaluation team in order to determine the progress made by the school. The function of the visitation team is to visit the school in order to determine if all the strengths and weaknesses of the school were correctly iden tified. The Arapahoe Jr. Woman’s Club members were respon sible for serving the delicious refreshments for die ac creditation team and the school staff. DonHMin OKLAHOMA! It opens Thursday night in Bayboro BondReferendumMayBe Only Answer 1 Schools Request 5.5 Fold Increase For Capital Outlay I I I On Wednesday, May 9, Pamlico County com missioners met in their first meeting to look over the budget estimate for the fiscal year 1979-80. Represented in the budget estimate was a deficit of $644,948. Budget and Finance Officer Bill Rice said that there is very little capital outlay in the county departments which could be cut to decrease the deficit, except in the schools. By Monday nights board meeting, the estimated deficit had been amended to $536,631. This was due to an increase in the final revenue estimate as opposed | Wednesday night’s (May 9) initial revenue estimate. I SCHOOLS At Monday night’s meeting, Superintendent of Pamlico County Schools George Brinson and the school system’s finance officer Milton Day were present to plead the schools’ case. The schools are asking for a 5.5% increase in local funds for current expense or roughly $20,000 additional local dollars. Last year’s current expense allocation was $378,584 and this year’s request is $398,626. The schools capital outlay request is a 5.5 fold increase over last years. Last year, the schools received $74,192 and this year’s request is $428,000. Brinson told the board that the large capital outlay request represents only a portion of the needs of schools in that area. Although the amount was requested and is needed Brinson said, “I realize the ^commissioners can’t give us the total we requested under capital outlay this year.” Board member Jimmy Spencer told Brinson that | there were many things in the county’s budget which | the county is mandated to pay, especially in the area ;iof social services. County Attorney Bernard Hollowell said that the SBoard of Education should strongly consider floating a Mintin'inrrfunrT rn>r ' m ffnn rt m nn nnnn vmwwwA^w..Av.v.v..v. bond referendum. A bond referendum, said Hollowell, would seem to “be the only way to get the local money into capital outlay where it ought to be.” Brinson said that the schools used to get 52% of taxes. He said, “I have trouble seeing how the schools have dropped down (in priority) so far.” Brinson added that it seemed as if when an additional program is added in the county, the money to fund the project comes off the schools. Budget and Finance Officer Bill Rice said that the mandated services have increased drastically. Rice said that this year, AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) increased 30% and Medicaid almost doubled. Said Brinson, “Isn’t it a shame that the mandated things deprive the county of so many needed things (in terms of the schools)?” In looking at the capital outlay requests, Brinson said that it looked as if the first priority, high school gymnasium renovation would have to wait. The school has $155,000 in fund balance to apply toward the $500,000 project and $43,000 from the last state bond money allocation. Brinson told the board that the gym project was originally bid as part of the library and additional classrooms project but could not be renovated because of a shortage of funds. He said that the gym is sorely needed especially since the ninth grade is now in the high school. Brinson said that with the increased load in physical education, it was “hard to offer a student a shower” Brinson said that thue is money set aside in the budget request for roof revovations. Said Brinson, “I wouldn’t sacrifice a dime of that”. He added, “I’m purely ashamed of leaking roofs wherever they are.” Board member Patsy Sadler concurred that the roofs do need repairs and said that she was at An derspn one day when it was raining and trash cans iVWWWIdWUW.W.W.V.V.V.VAV.V.V.V.V.V.'. •••••• ■ • • m . were being used in order to catch the water leaking $ from the ceiling. |ji BOND REFERENDUM | Discussion then again turned to the need to float a xj school bond referendum. % Brinson told the board that the School Board had |j discussed the possibility of floating a school bond j?j referendum at great lengths in many of their meetings but had elected to hold off in order to determine if the §. state would initiate a statewide bond referendum of $j which Pamlico County’s share would be somewhere 1 around $900,000. He said that it had been determined %. that the statewide bond referendum would not be this year but it could possibly be next year. | Charles Alexander, Pamlico County Commissioner, ij-j said that in his opinion, he did not think that a coun- % tywide school bond referendum would pass primarily because of the Arapahoe School. He added that there jij was still some ill-feelings that Arapahoe was able to iji keep their community school when other communities jij lost theirs. But Alexander said that he would be in iji; favor of a bond referendum. Said Alexander, “I’m jij: ready for them (the school board) to call one (a bond :| referendum) ‘cause I’d support it.” Alexander said $ that the time was certainly right “financially” for a school bond referendum. & Commissioner Patsy Sadler said that in her opinion :§ the people would support a countywide bi nd &j referendum. She added, “I think that people are ready for the schools to move ahead.’’ § Brinson said that another problem facing the jij! schools is the sewage treatment. Treatment is an ijjj expensive process and the permit for the schools jjjj lagoons will expire in 1981. Brinson said that the new jji; handicapped regulations making every area of the ijjj schools accessible would also have to be handled in the j| near future. ijjj Said Brinson, “We’ll operate whatever kind of jS school we can pay for.” Action Taken During Monday Night (May 14th) Meeting Commissioners To Seek Legal Council For Sheriff On motion by Chairman of the Board of Commissioners in Pamlico County Robert Paul, unanimous approval was given for the county to seek legal council for Sheriff Leland Brinson in regards to a suit filed against him. The suit was filed against Brinson by Reginald Frazier, the defendants’ Linda and Robert. Rappe' attorney. The suit, filed on May 10 must be answered by Sheriff Brinson in 20 days. The suit charges that Brinson “did intentionally and wantonly violate the plaintiff’s 13th and 14th Amendment rights to the United States Con stitution, by initiating a flagrant scheme to oust and financially ruin the plain tiffs in Pamlico County by improper use erf state police power} all in violation of their constitutional rights of the Constitution of the state of North Carolina and of the United States of America.” The suit also asks that ^ttMip}ainUf|i (the Rappes) recover against the defendant the sum of. $250,000 (Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars) as compensatory damages and $50,000 (Fifty Thousand Dollars) as punitive damages.” The Rappes claim over $1000 worth of damages to their personal property while the sheriff’s depart ment was executing an eviction notice. Brinson appeared before the Board of Commissioners at Monday nights meeting to inform the commissioners of the summons. With regard to the Rappes, Brinson said, “I feel like my department has done what they should have done.” Brinson added, “It’s just pathetic that sheriffs all over North Carolina have to be sued like they’re being sued.” Brinson told the board that this was the fourth suit to have been brought against him in his years of being sheriff. The prior three suits were dismissed or ruled on in favor of the i sheriff. Brinson said that every consideration was given to the Rappes with regard to the eviction notice. He said that Deputy Ensley had informed the Rappes of the notice on the Saturday before the Monday they were evicted and that Deputy Ponds had informed them before that. Brinson said that the Rappes were given another day of leeway in that he did not want to evict them on a Sunday. Brinson added, “The law doesn’t require you to wait a minute.” The Rappes’ personal property, according to Brinson, was not harmed in the least bit and that the deputies went so far as to pack up the meat in the refrigerator so that nothing would be upset when the refrigerator was removed. Brinson stated, “I’d gamble my life on it that there was nothing done wrong with moving those people out.” County Attorney Bernard Hollowell informed the board that “the law authorizes you to defend a county official.” The board unanimously voted to secure legal council for the sheriff. Budget and Finance Officer Bill Rice will also check to see if this would be covered by the county insurance. Murora Accepts House Shells Bid\ The Aurora Town Board, on May 8, voted to accept the bid from Carolina Builders of Fayetteville for up to 80 house shells for the Community Development relocations. Project bids had to be let twice because under the law, it is required that three bids be received. Only two sealed bids were received the first time. When the bids were relet, only one complete bid was received. The other'was incorrectly filled out and legally could not be couAdered a bid. The bid accepted included two two-bedroom and two three bedroom bourn shells with the IP- ' : ' town to have mix and match ability. The two-bedroom houses had to be 550-800 square feet according to the bid proposal. The three-bedroom house shells had to be 700-1000 square feet. Carolina Builders bid in cluded a 560 square foot two bedroom shell for $6880; a 572 sq. ft. two-bedroom shell for $7007; a 768 sq. ft. three bedroom shell for $7872 and a three-bedroom 800 sq. ft. shell for $8200. The shells included framing, subfloor, stud wall framing, masonite sidihg, roof, shingles, gable ends, metal chimney, exterior metal doors, insula tod glass windows and two coats of exterior paint. The shell is basically exteriorally complete. Community Development has the option to purchase up to 20 house shells in any combination of shells. The town is taking an in novative approach to the CD program. By using the bid ap proach, the money that would be given to families for relocation would be managed by the town to provide safe, sanitary and suitable habitat. Those families located in delapidated houses, or houses are not feasible to fix up, are given, under the CD program, money to relocate. The innovative approach operates on two principles. The first is to revitalize a neigh borhood by keeping the in dividuals, who would be relocated, in that neighborhood by revitalizing % houses. The second benefit is that, by utilizing the bid method, it gives the people the most for their money. This project will aid in building up the housing stock in the town. Hot Water Hesters The Aurora Town Board also approved a bid for up to 20 hot water heaters from Longley Supply of New Bern for $1618. Two bids were received, but under the law, if the amount is under $2500, the low bid can be accepted without rebidding. Other Business In other business, the Aurora Town Board: Approved an off-premises beer and wine permit for Ben’s Convenient Mart. Objected to an on-premises beer application from Willis R»Mir
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