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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume 62, No. 14 Hertford, Pirqulmmt County, N.C., Thursday, April 22,1993 35 Cents ; ‘ f? e.f •&:;.■ ■ i£-.v Perspectives: The Rodney King verdict: What did we learn? All Over the Map: Page 4 Feature: Hello, Dolly plays Friday evening at Perquimans High School: Page 7 School: County Schools attempt to identify special needs students: Pages Teachers, aids to get increase By SUSAN R. HARRIS Edttor _ • Teachers and teacher assis tants can look for an increase in pay next fiscal year, thanks to a school board decision Monday night to raise local supplements for both groups by $50 per em ployee. The move seemed doomed af ter Initial discussion by the board. Board members spoke in favor of rewarding teachers and assistants, but when chairman Wayne Howell called for a motion to take action, the group fell si lent. Howell moved down the agenda to deal with the next item of business when board member Wallace Nelson spoke up. Nelson said the board proba bly got “carried away when a supplement for office support personnel was approved last month, “but something has to be done about assistants' supple ments. We need to go ahead and deed with it..I don't want us to just walk away from it” After lengthy discussion about tying future supplements to merit, budget constraints and trying to remain competitive with surrounding school system’s supplements, the board unani mously approved the $50 in creases. The increases will cost the county $8,050, probably from lo cal funds. The move raised tea cher supplements to $400, teacher assistant supplements to $100. The board was also updated on the middle school renovation project Superintendent Dr. Ran dall L. Henion said the project is still on schedule, with a mid-Au gust completion date forecast ' ‘The architect is very opti mistic about the project” Henion said. Because the project as origi nally designed ran over budget provisions were made for alter nate projects. “Good fortune and a good contractor" have meant adding back some of those alter nates with no increase in cost Henion said. The bus loop, an acoustical roof deck, tinted insu lated glass, carpet, an air condi tioning system upgrade, computer controls designed to increase the efficiency of the heating and air conditioning sys tem, and teacher work stations have been added back in to the project due to savings along the way. The teacher work stations will be built by staff members fol lowing HBA Architect’s design. Henion said he hopes other alter nates can be added back as the project progresses. In other business, the board: • approved the appointment of Sharon Godfrey Meiggs as in terim prevocatlonal education teacher at Perquimans Middle School. Meiggs will teach for Lola Sutton, who is out on disability. • approved two federal grant applications for handicapped f students. ?-*■> approved overnight field trips for FHA. the band and the hunter safety teams. $ THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Advertising Deedliee News 3:00 today yr»#r fa yaHieatlaa One Year Mail Subscription Rates: *18.00 in--state *20.00 Cut-of-Sats % Send Payment to: "J\ : P.O.Box 277, Hertford, NC 27944 I— f-’' \'4v i : -'.<7J Class of 2000 to kick off education summit _r Hello, Dolly! Ambrose Kemper (John Huffman) gets an earful from Dolly Gallagher Levi (Jamie Hud son) in the Perquimans High School produc tion of the Broadway musical comedy Hello, Dolly!. Endearing, although conniving, Dolly weedles her way into the hearts of everyone Sigff meets. The show is scheduled for Fri April 23 st 7:30 p.m. Tickets sre avali st the door. For a review and look at cast, please see page 7. (Photo by Su Harria) Soil and water stewardship week themed ‘‘Hands of Healing” By GINGER O'NEAL . - AdHUntalratlve ConsenwBowHt Emphasizing that the great est influence on the environ ment comes from individuals . doing ordinary, thoughtful tasks in their neighborhoods, ; the Perquimans Conservation 'I Committee is encouraging indi viduals and local school, camp, church and organization leaders to join the nationwide obser vance of Soil and Water Stew ardship Week, April 25-May 2. i , ?’ The conservation district, which works throughout the year on soil and water conser vation measures, is providing literature, educational materials and speakers encouraging Indi vidual responsibility and care for natural resources. The local district in one of nearly 3000 * conservation districts nation wide that works with the Na tlonal Association of Conservation Districts to en courage the wise use of natural" resources through the annual week-long observance.:' T fW-t? 2 Floyd Mathews, chairman of the Perquimans Soli and Water , Committee, said he hopes Stew ardship Week will challenge ac tions that heal the area In which they live. "The feet that you may now run less water to brush your teeth is just as Important to our environment as a builder Instal ling sediment control basins inn. <:i; ■ fe? ■ k It &8/'l Md 8X& i \ f ' ', - Soil and Water Stewardship Apiil 25 - May 2, 1993 ,dS? m life#?’ major urban development Both required individual action...both make a difference." said Math ews. L Materials designed with the 1993 themne. Hands of Heal ing,” have been distributed throughout local churches. "Show you Care," booklets were* distributed to second grade stu dents at Hertford GrauxiMr p:: •••• / vr •; ^ • ■ ... • . •. , " ' ' ; '' _ ' 'j if &££$#}$& >v-:. ; Top speakers dot weekend agenda By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Members of the class of 2000 will kick off the Perquimans County Schools 2000 Education Summit on Friday. April 30 at 6:30 p.m. The students will cut a com memorative cake and remind participants that educational re form goals should be met by the time they graduate from high school. Speaking at the Friday eve ning session will be Dr. Emma E. Kelly Rhodes, Coordinator of Adult Education. Vocational and Technical Education Division, Arkansas Department of Educa tion. A Kansas native, Rhodes was the third of 16 children. She married, dropped out of school and had her first child at age 15. By the time she turned 24, she was the mother of five children, but was determined to obtain an education. She earned her GED and completed one year of col lege. Again, her education was interrupted with the birth of two more children. Adding to her re sponsibilities was her husband’s diagnosis of terminal cancer when Rhodes was 28. Rhodes entered Capitol City Business College and completed secretarial training. She immedi ately began work as a secretary at Philander Smith College, where she took night courses. Widowed at age 29 with seven children, ages 3 to 15, she con tinued to work and attend col lege. In 1967, after five years of night classes, she earned her col lege degree and accepted a busi ness education teaching position. Used to the demands of fam ily, job and school, Rhodes con tinued her education, seeking a masters degree. She earned It In 1976. Along the way she married again. Not satisfied with her pre vious success, Rhodes continued working and studying, this time to earn a doctorate. By 1987, Rhodes had realized her dream. Saturday will begin with a Keeping the Family First break fast from 9:30-10 a.m. After an outline of the Perquimans 2000 program, Jim Keam of Spring Branch, Texas will speak on the importance of family relations in education and recognizing the importance of focusing on chil dren. Keam is known as an emo tional speaker who can lead his listeners easily to tears and laughter, all within a matter of seconds. He is a child advocate who Insists that adults remem ber that children are Just that - children - and that things look different at 5 and 25. Dave Batholomew, a member of the Union City Board of Edu cation wrote about Keam: “He owned- my feelings more over whelmingly than a Cy Young pitcher would own a bush league rookie. He held me in his rhetori cal palm, sifting my emotions through his fingers, leaving nry feelings in a sand pile of sad ness, laughter, tears and the joy of being a father and working with kids. “This guy had tears stream ing down my fhce but I didn’t cry alone; the thousand or so other folks there wept with me. Thirty seconds later, I was almost out of my chair doingi belly laugh and with me that’s a pretty big cele bration of Joy...” Ream's presentation will be followed by an inside picnic lunch. Dr. John Murphy rounds out the guest speakers. Murphy is superintendent of Charlotte /Mecklenburg Schools. He will speak on world class schools. Murphy is credited with un precedented educational reform in the Charlotte/Mecklenburg school system. Secretary of Edu cation Lamar Alexander has re {erred to t h e 'Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools as being on the cutting edge of education reform, . ' i His management style earned him a front page feature profile in The Wall Street Journal. He sits an the National Alliance for Re structuring Education. He is co author of Transforming America's Schools, a book released in 1992. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Ed School board joins retreat with summit By SUSAN R. HARRIS Editor Board of education members will continue fo cusing on school im provement after the education summit with a board retreat on Monday, May 3. Board members will gather at the Newbold White historic complex for their day-long retreat which win culminate in a regularly-scheduled board meeting at the schools’ central office at 8 p.m. Craig Phillips, former state superintendent of K*' c instruction, and Ed op, associate director of the state school board association, will be on hand to discuss pressing Issues with board mem bers. Phillips wiU give an overview of education his tory and look ahead to the schools of the future. Dim lop wffi focus on education roles and expectations in the coming years. Perquimans Schools Superintendent Dr. Randall L. Henion said the board is stiU waiting to hear from other education experts who have been invited to meet with the board. Henion said he is ex cited about the upcoming summit, which he calls a “celebration of education.” “This is a couple of days where the community can come together and fo cus on education,” Henion said. The superintendent said the summit will give parents, teachers, adminis trators and community res idents the opportunity to hear about plans for im proving education, and share ideas to solve some of the problems facing schools today. He said it will take the cooperation of all those groups to meet the goals the board of edu cation, administration and faculty has set for stu dents. In addition to offering better futures to the chil dren served by the school system, Henion said a good education is the foundation for economic development and workforce prepared i ness. ' . ■ ucatlon David Kearns and Hud son Institute research fellow Denis Doyle described Murphy as “superintendent and public sec tor entrepreneur par excellence" for his Initiation of “the most im portant example in the nation" erf public school movement in offer ing parental choice through highly competitive and uniquely designed public school systems. Room displays highlighting the national, state and local 2000 education goals will be open from 2-3:30. Interspersed throughout die two-day event will be perfor mances by a variety of school groups. The summit is free and open to the public.......w . 'v- ' Q
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