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VOL. 101 NO. 27
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Two members of the board of 20
education say they favor closing the
East School but the other three 'C€
Demers bi more public opinion fit
ore making a fi isi $s
A 2 a final decision on nn
A second public hearing on the DS
matter has been called by the board 218
for Aug. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at East Te
School gymnasium and prior to
that ume board members will dis- 1 @
tribute flyers on the pros and cons ‘ed
of closing the 60-year-old school, He
Board member Billy King made ¥
the motion that the board hold a ©
second public hearing to ask input
|... from the public before making a fi- 2€-
. nal decision and member Priscilla ca-
Mauney seconded. de
In discussing the problem of mt
making the five elementary schools jz
more racially balanced, Board
chairman Bill McDaniel and mem-
ber Doyle Campbell said they did
not oppose a second public hearing
but would favor closing the school.
"Evidence seems to be mounting i
‘that it will become hard to justify |i |
Arizoding $1.5 million ‘ip the future Lo)
at ast School where theygite 18a |
jequate. It's an emotionat issue v
ake students and teachers
nd we need to soften the impact as
much as possible,” said Campbell .
Daniel said the system is fortu-
nate that no accidents have oc-
curred at the split campus where
the playground is on one side and
the school on the other.
Attendance was low at the first
is ph
2
|, ying the potato
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pla,
Schoo!
by a 3%
ublic hearing on the question of ler Ai
pA ing the school but King said = tip . Beto 2 been the served |
Bt giving the public some pros IO {in hand and os for discharge.
2cons on the matter would be Orth J 8 Mason, he
ful. Supt. Bob McRae said |b} ! retired after i
woud be happy to provide anc 4; 5 who helped make the day Radcliff and }
thnfirmation and schedule the tate moving the events indoors. Phillips, have t
Pc baring at East School to fa- lin L Mountain native!
Bite he citizens living in that NC J ; Church. : 9
of 13 city. a: Kings Mountain nal’)
Kings Mountain High
| theYoard discussed postpot i
. University. He was drafted™., «
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ofort #rincipal
04 of eduaion.
Et Scholfflas a minority en-
Dllent of (3%, compared with
490 30% WR the other four
(ls of theddligs Mountain sys-
mThe boa! fils been consider-
f10Rs over the past
t0 achieve better
licluding several
: during th: {Meeting, several
after the mv I g they want to
Bee last School pain open.
| ven iff we rdllepning toward
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three sea
The action by
hour executive sessiGr,
meeting.
Goforth will succeed Cpzell Vance, who
has been promoted to an\administrative
position with the school systeri.
Teachers received a 5% naise in their
supplement, and for the first time non-
certified employees received $159 more in a
$13 million budget approved for 1989-90.
The budget provides for a $4551650.59
increase in the public school “fund,
$92,286.00 increase for federal programs,
. capital outlay expenses of $735,968.32,
including $528,839.28 from the 1/2 c¢nt
share of the county sales tax; $42,786,00
i
John Goforth
) served as bhairman for six of his 12
ifs on 14 Rings Me Nitin Board of Education, does not plan
yln ts mn the Kings Mountain Board of
Edfcation opens al noon liday with the Cleveland County
Bod of Ecgtions, The filingperiod closes at noon on Aug. 4.
increase in local current expenses, and
niel Retiring From Board
elected as mayor of Kings Mountain that year. Mrs. Mauney is
expected to seek re-election.
McDaniel, who is retiring from Kings Mountain Postoffice,
said he plans to travel more and * drive for a charter bus service.
In the past several years, McDaniel and his wife have hosted
several vacation trips to various places in which McDaniel drove
the bus.
the budget.
The board voted to raise school lunch
meals for students in grades six through 12
next year. The lunches will be increased 10
cents, from $1 to $1.10.
Another major action of the meeting was
the approval of two projects for the Kings
Mountain Middle School. Friday at 9:15
a.m. the Board will open bids for projects at
the high school.
Good news from Architect Roger Holland
of Holland & Hamrick was that a savings of
$675,000 in estimated building costs at the
Middle School was realized. Actual
construction cost is $2,283,622.00 instead of
See School, Page 8-A
cision, at least a doze S. :
arents a. pupils INvs slac before the start of World We of S
standing-room-only au- | "4 1704, ; 1946. During the war he receiv. sollect
a ‘board room where | John Cy $249,803.77 increase in School Food served as a combat officer with Eon
®oaches of the 3-A | Mountain 3: fs Services. A 25% increase is projected in the company of the 103rd Infantry Divisie
2 ip ball team stood | the new Prin. | cost of medical insurance for employees. One European Theater of Operations. He was awarde.
Or laque HE@Sentations by the | Mountain Board's additional teaching position is provided for in
See Finger, Page 7-A
Tuft Is Charged
In Wilson Death
A 17-year-old Mary's Grove community teenager,
Virginia Tynese Wilson, was shot and killed Friday as
she sat behind an office desk at Shelby High School.
Her 24-year-old former boyfriend, rT
Andrew Tuft of Shelby, has been
charged with first degree murder. |
Lt. Steve Philbeck and Officer §
Billy Harrell of the Shelby Police |
Department returned Tuft to
Shelby on Sunday and he wa
jailed without bond awaiting
preliminary hearing July 20. Tuft
had been the object of a massive |
search by law enforcement}
officials who sought him for 2
questioning in the incident. Wilson
Tuft turned himself in to authorities in Marietta,
Ga. Saturday afternoon. :
The shooting occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Friday
in the Shelby high school guidance office where
Wilson held a summer job. School officials said Tuft
entered the school and told assistant principal Clifford
Wilson he had a check to give Miss Wilson.
"A couple minutes after he had been back there,
e tern§of McDaniel, Pyl Hord Jr. and Priscilla Mauney
exilire this yar. | i
ord, wid wasmamed to th board about six and half years
13Qo repla@ Hanld Lineberge: who moved to Gaston County,
vafelected © a Wo-year term and then again to a four-year
erik He hasgnoviced he plans i geek re-election.
s. Mauly wi defeated in 4 close bid for clection on the
bod in 19% ancthen was appointed to fill the two years
reofining of @e ter Of Kyle Smith, who resigned whe was
shots were heard by about 12 school administrators in
the building" said Police Chief J. D. Fish. Fish said
eight spent .25 caliber automatic cartridges were found
at the scene.
Police said Tuft and Miss Wilson had been
involved in a domestic dispute over their infant
daughter the day before the incident. Tuft voluntarily
returned the child to Miss Wilson at the Shelby police
See Wilson, Page 8-A
The seats of Hord and McDaniel are for residents of the
school district living outside the Kings Mountain city limits. The
seat now held by Mrs. Mauney is for city residents.
The three people elected on Nov. 7 will serve four year terms.
There is no run-off in the school board election. Should a run-
off be necessary in the Kings Mountain City Council election,
the run-off would be held on Nov. 7, the same time 4s the school
board election.
Bill McDaniel
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