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I THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Votomt 31, Ho. 34 USPt HorHord, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, August n, 1915 25 CENTS Board of Education lets bid for high school renovation project I By SUSAN HARRIS The high school construction renovation project will soon be alf the drawing board and be come a reality since the Board of Education awarded the project bids on Monday, August 16. The Board chose Comanco, Inc. of Kinston to provide general contracting services for the pro ject at a coat of $1,488,887 The company will construct the addi tions and will demolish the north and south wings of the 1938 build ing. While's Heating and Sheet Metal of Williamston is the Me chanical Contractor and will be paid $250,800 for their services. Eden too-based Stilley and Alex ander Electrical Contractors were awarded the $143,281 elec trical contract. The buildings will be plumbed by Braxton Britt Plumbing and Heating, Inc. at a coat Qf $85,000. Board members met in a spe cial session on Wednesday, Au gust Uth to discuss the bids and alternate bids which were ini tially about $400,000 over the FmHA $2,000,000 bond issue. The north and south wings of the 1928 building will be torn down. New classrooms will be constructed there. On the south side of the 1828 structure, the fa cility will extend to the street. A new, larger cafeteria will be built between the auditorium and gym in what is now a parking lot. The present cafeteria will then house the art department. New classrooms being added will include three science class room-labs and a handicapped classroom. The science depart ment will be located on the north side of the gym. The performing arts department will have new classroom, storage and office space. The auditorium is scheduled for complete renovation, al though a funds shortage will pro hibit the addition of full stage lighting. The basic electrical work for the lighting will, how Back to School By JANE B. WILLIAMS Continuing a commitment to the theme of 'caring, shar ing and learning' the four schools that comprise the Perquimans County School System opened their doors to approximately 1,760 students Monday morning. Superintendent Pat Harrell stated that he anticipates the enrollment for the system to rise to approximately 1,780 1,800 students by the end of the week. Hundreds of smiling and anxious facet lined the corridors at Perquimans Central School Monday morning as students re turned to the classroom for the first time after summer vacation. (Photos by .Jane Williams. ) Harrell said that the sys temwide theme, "Perqui mans County Schools, Com mitted to Caring, Sharing and Learning" will be carried out this year with a continuation of focus mi student achieve ment goals, concentrating on the standardized testing pro gram. The 'school climate' will be another focal point in the theme as facility im provements get underway along with building and grounds maintenance im provements. A newly established staff development program will emphasize teacher effective ness through additional tea cher training. Students attending the county's schools this year in grades four through twelve will participate in a new com puter. literacy program funded by the state. The indi vidual schools will establish a program that will provide each student with an average of 30-minutes per week at a computer. The funds will pro vide one computer for every 100 students in the targeted grade levels. A new policy enacted this year in the system will re quire high school students to complete one-half unit in computer science prior to graduation Elementary school stu dents will be introduced to new text books in science, health and reading-language. According to Harrell the el ementary art program has been revised this year to offer students in grades K-6 a greater frequency of art classes in comparison to re cent years. Students will now participate in art activities every few weeks instead of one concentrated period each semester. | Architectural firm contracted to evaluate f potential use of Blanchard Building By JANE B. WILLIAMS Tentative plus to re-vamp the Blanchard Building an Church THIS j WEEK "Welcome Home Jill" is the feature article on Page ? V of this edition. Little Jill Has katt has returned home to her 1 : family after a Mto month stay in Duke Memorial Hospi ? tal in Durham. flee will be cloaed Monday for I the Labor Day Hottday. Ihe deadline for all news and ad Street in downtown Hertford won the support of the Perquimans County Commissioners last week when they accepted the proposal of an architectural firm to ana Use the building and make rec ommendations regarding the feasibility of its use by the county. Commissioner Chairman W.W. White, Jr. introduced the concept of study stating that the county was at a point that it needed more office space and that it "might be time to make plans for the future." lne commissioners votea vo hire Vann and Amkiws Ar chitects to conduct an architectu ral analysis of the building at a maximum cost of moo. The firm sperilhes in analysis of old structures, and is currently working on the renovation of the Gatas County Courthouse. Plans for the building, in addi tion to office space, include an addttknal walnoa for the county, which was requested last year by the District Attorney's office to alleviate a back-up of district court cases during Supe rior Court sessions. Notii* that this was not a formal request, the commissioners agreed that it was time to look into the possibil ities for the future. By plsnning to construct a ? courtroom in the building the county will be able to finance the cost of the building's study through Court Facility Funds. The architectural firm will gather measurements and photo graphs within the building and analise the building for fire pro tection. Load-bearingcapadty of the walls will be studied ss well as rstoforcemsnt possibilities for the second floor. Upon completion of the build ing's analysis the firm will meet with tho commissioners and aid thsm with preliminary floor plan sketches far the facility. Also in cluded in the package win be a preliminary budget plan for the building's renovation. The Commissioners also ac cepted a low bid of $28,600 from Motler Construction Company of Washington, N.C. to consruct a garage and enclosed walkway adjacent to the Perquimans County Rescue Squad building. No bid was accepted for con crete drives at the site. The com missioners agreed to solicit prices locally for driveway com pletion after the jwo ject is under way. In other business the Board: ?Approved a request from Forrest Myers to designate a point on the county map as Holi day Island in a preliminary step to allow the state to errect direc tional signs for the development. ?Approved a resolution to al low comity employees to partici pate in the Sopplonental Retire merit Income Plan. ever, be installed. All areas of the high school will have an air conditioning-heating system installed which will work on a well water system, work to begin any time. Not included in the $2,000,000 is furniture for the new classrooms and a new gymnasium roof. The total cost per square foot was fig ured by Architecht Sam Ashford at approximately $35, $10 less than the $45 per square foot aver age new construction cost. Work should begin on the project within 60 days. The Board approved the addi tion of a one-half unit computer literacy credit as a graduation requirement in conjunction with state guidelines. According to high school principal William By rum, every senior who has not previously taken a computer course is now enrolled in one. By rum said that underclassmen are eligible to take the classes as space permits. The only alternative to offering the one-half unit course is taking a student from a differat course each week for a 30-minute com puter class. The Board approved the fol lowing prices for school meals for the 1965-86 school year: Breakfast? K-6 40 cents; 7-12 46 cents; Reduced? K-12 30 cents; Adults? 75 cents. Lunch? K-6 80 cents; 7-12 90 cents; Reduced? K-12 40 cents; Adults? $1.50. Ex tra milk? 25 cents. Continental Baker (Wonder Bread) was awardewd the school lunch program's bread contract. The company was low-bidder. The milk price was negotiated with Seal test. Non-certified personnel em ployed by the Board must now work 40 hours per week to re ceive full pay. Some personnel, in particular teacher's aides, were previously working only 35 37 Vfe hours per week. The Board also authorized no overtime for the aides. A parent whose family re cently moved from Chesapeake to Holiday Island requested that the Board allow her child, who had failed the 8th grade last year in a Chesapeake school system, to enter the 9th grade at PCHS. After discussing the request, and broader repercussions of placing a child who failed a grade up into the next grade level, the Board unanimously rejected the re quest. Host of activities to highlight annual Summer Festival By JANE B. WILLIAMS In just two short weeks an air of celebration will fill the streets of Hertford as the fourth annual Indian Summer Festival gets un derway in the town. The festival, which is spon sored by the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, has blos somed into a week-end that is an ticipated throughout the year by locals and visitors as well. Headlining the two-day event, scheduled for September 13-14, will be the area's merchants as they offer a "Colonial Day" to festival goers. The main attrac tion is an old fashioned sidewalk sale in downtown Hertford that will be interspersed with food, displays and entertainment. New this year will be an af ternoon fashion show on the courthouse lawn coordinated by Judy Christensen of Darden De partment Store. There will be drawings for prizes throughout the day at va rious stores, and a sidewalk cafe will be operated from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. for hungry shop pers. Also taking place downtown will be contests, historic window displays, musical entertainment and a trick bicycle demonstra tion team. A first come-first served Fish Fry will begin at Missing Mill Park at 5 o'clock and will con tinue until 7:00 p.m. to feed those on hand before they head out to the 60th meeting of the Perqui mans Pirates and the Eden ton Aces on Memorial Field at 8 o'clock. Saturday, the 14th, will find a host of things to do and see at Missing Mill Park that promise fun for the entire family. Fea tured among the days events will be arts, crafts, food, games and music, winding down with the ever popular pig picking and street dance on Saturday night. Round up your family and friends and be in Hertford for the excitement of the Fourth Annual Indian Summer Festival. Committee members launch clean-up By JANE B. WILLIAMS Plans to clean-up the Town of Hertford during the month of September got off the ground Friday morning as a dozen resi dents and business people met at the Perquimans County Senior Citizens Center to form a com mittee to generate motivation and ideas. Morris Kornegay, principal of Central Elementary School and a Hertford resident, was named chairman of the Clean-Up Hert ford Committee. The month of September was choaen by the town to implement clean-up activities after the state dealgrated the month for state wide clean-up. The state coo ducts the campaign twice a year. The committee discussd ways to approach property owners in trouble spots' and determined that they will contact those indi victuals by letter and ask for their support and help in creating a more desireable neighborhood. An ongoing incentive program planned by the committee will be a "Lawn of the Month" and a "Business of the Month" recogni tion for property owners that show excellence in the mainte nance of their properties.. The committe has requested that the Town Council provide more trash recepticles through out the municipality to deter lit tering in the town. A Merchants Clean-Up Day during the month was discussed by the group and will be one o t the areas addressed at the next committee meeting. Anyone interested in making suggestions to the committee is encouraged to contact Komegay or Hertford Mayor Bill Cox.
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