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3 Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, May 10, 1989 Schools From Page 1-A The next two schools in line for construction and improvements af- ter that are Grover and East. Therefore, McRae said, it will be necessary for the board to act on the East decision sometime during the 1989-90 school year in order to have its elementary schools con- struction plans in motion. In the past several months, the board has considered several sce- narios for re-drawing elementary attendance lines, and one of those scenarios involves closing East and re-assigning its students to other schools. At a recent public hearing, one parent spoke in favor of that idea while East Principal Cozelle Vance asked the board not to close East. None of the board members have publicly stated their opinions but all have stated that they want to do what's best for all students in the district. Supt. McRae released 10-year enrollment figures at East at Monday night's meeting and they show a drastic decrease over the past five years. The enrollment at East increased from 359 in 1979- 80 to 395 in 1982-83, but since then it has decreased to its present enrollment of 263 students. McRae said there are only 116 students in grades kindergarten through two, and 147 students in grades three through five. He said pre-kinder- garten registration is scheduled for Friday but he doesn't expect to see an increase in East's enrollment. Board chairman Bill McDaniel suggested that the enrollment be monitored next year. "If it contin- ues to drop as it has in the last three to five years, it would be im- possible to keep it open," he said. Asst. Supt. Larry Allen pointed out that several homes are being constructed in the Linwood area of Gaston County "and if the city an- nexes that property, it would be in our school system and could mean an increase in enrollment at East." City Manager George Wood said today that one sub-division (Mountain Manor) which is being built off Linwood Road has already been annexed into the city, and the owner of another planned sub-divi- sion on Highway 161 north of Radio Station WKMT is negotiat- ing with the city about annexation. McRae said the enrollment could be monitored next year "but we're shooting for an August 1990 completion on the junior and senior high and, technically, we'll be ready to start talking with the ar- chitect about the elementary schools. We're not in a crunch to make a decision before next . fall...but it's pretty important to make a decision during the next school year." McRae said the school board could begin working on the atten- dance lines question now and con- tinue it in-depth at its annual re- treat this summer. Board member Billy King sug- gested trying to "narrow it down to the top two or three choices. We need to make our plans so the peo- ple can know where their children are going to be going to school," he said. In other action Monday night, the board: *Was told by McRae that van- dals spray painted walls at the ju- nior high over the weekend. McRae praised school maintenance employees Robert Scism and Everette Grigg and junior high teachers Tommy Wease and David Heffner for their work all weekend to clean the area and re-paint it. "We hate to see this type thing hap- pen, but the work our people did was just another example of the fine, dedicated employees that we have. We plan to work very closely with the police department to find out who was responsible for this." * Approved a wrestling camp for June 12-16 at the junior high. Fee is $25. *Approved a tennis camp June 14-18 at the high school. Fee is $25. *Heard a report from Jim Owens, computer specialist for the school system, on the K-5 comput- er curriculum. Owens reviewed state-mandated guidelines for com- puter curriculum in the elementary schools and urged the board to pro- vide each classroom with two com- puters and a printer. He said state Most rescue squad members from Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, and other Tornado From Page 1-A "I've never seen anything like it," said Hawkins. "Previously, the worst thing I'd ever been to where you were hoping for the best but had a bad feeling inside was when Tom Brooks and I were on a search and rescue mission at Rome Mountain, where a plane had crashed on the top of the mountain. We spent most of the morning searching, found the plane, and directed the ground team to it. It had three deaths." Hawkins said the biggest area of damage was about two miles south of Highway 18's intersection with Highway 27, near Vale. "The damage continued in a northeasterly direction on up 18 and veered out Highway 10 like you're going to Hickory," he said. "There were just acres of trees that looked like the bark had just completely peeled off. Some houses had partial roofs, some no roofs, and some places you could see foundations but no sign of a house anywhere." counties, worked all night and most of the weekend assisting residents by administering first aid, transporting them to hospitals and emergency shel- ters, and helping with traffic control. Electrical crews from Duke Power and Rutherford Electric worked all weekend restoring power to the area. "It was just amazing the amount of damage that the wind caused," Hawkins said. Hawkins returned to the area Sunday in his own private plane, taking State Senator Ollie Harris to check on damages. Many areas of the county sustained damage again Saturday during heavy windstorms, but no injuries were reported. The Green Meadows section of Kings Mountain had hundreds of huge, hardwood trees uprooted but, luckily, none fell on homes. David Glover and members of his family ran to a nearby field and lay in a ditch until the storm passed. "There were 12 trees down in my yard and 15 in my neighbor's, but for- tunately, none fell on the houses," he said. "I think the only thing hit by a falling tree was a satellite dish." Power was out for about six hours. made it, peaches survived, and we covered our tomato crop and frost protected the cantaloupes." Freeze From Page 1-A frost protect, and they had lots of damage," Mrs. Lineberger said. the remainder of the week, with lows in the high 40s and highs in the high 60s to low 70s. But frost is Gibson said most small home not in the forecast. guidelines call for each student spending 30 minutes per week on computers but it's not being done because of a lack of equipment. "In the 21 years that I've been teach- ing, I've found nothing to motivate students like computers," he said. * Approved policy JGCB (inocu- lations) and heard first readings of policies IKA and IKA-B (grading periods) and IKA-BR (administra- tive rules). McRae said part of those policies deal with notifying parents if their children are in dan- 12-Month CD KINGS MOUNTAIN 300 W. Mountain St. PHONE: 739-4781 SHELBY 1238 E. Dixon Blvd. PHONE: 484-0222 OUR CDS ARE REAL SAFECRACKERS Once you see these rates, you'll realize just how valuable it is to break into your hidden savings and Sock them away in one of our CDs. 19.30% yield| 9.55% yield 9.74% rate | 10.02% rate ger of failing after the third nine- weeks grading period. "If a student is in danger of failing, I would pre- fer that the parents be notified at mid-year, but we've never had this in writing before and this requires them to be notified no later than the end of the third nine-weeks grading period," McRae said. * Approved several student trans- fers and personnel requests. *Set the regular June board meeting for June 19 at 7:30 p.m. 18-Month CD i | 3 | , 12:30 a.m. and stayed at it the rest of the night. "We were able to save our straw- berries and blackberries," she said. "Our only damage was to bunch grapes because we didn't frost pro- tect them. The seedless grapes Mrs. Lineberger said the peach crop was damaged by about 25 percent during earlier frosts, and they will have only a five percent nectarine crop. "I talked to some blueberry and blackberry growers who did not gardeners who did not cover their plants will have to re-plant. "I've been in Cleveland County for 10 years and this is the latest frost I can remember," he said. 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