The Kings Mountain Herald
February 17, 2005
EDUCATION
SRO’s make an impact
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
Kings Mountain Police
School Resource Officers
A.D. Moore and D.W.
Coburn are a part of the
middle and high school
community.
Kings Mountain was part
"of a nationwide effort to put
officers in the schools fol-
lowing the Columbine
shootings in 1999.
Moore has been at Kings
Mountain Middle School for
four years. Coburn took
another officer’s place at |
KMHS this year.
Both officers are parents
of: teenagers and say they
enjoy working with kids.
Being at school every day
allows them to build a rap-
port with students. This
often means kids will tell
them about problems at
home and about bullying at
school. Sometimes parents
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“We're in [{_ Officer Scott
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ment than
on the
street,” up through
Coburn COBURN MOORE middle and
said. “A lot : high school
more approachable.” our impact is greater,”
By walking the halls dur- =~ Moore said.
ing class change the officers The officers also field
sometimes overhear the
beginnings of an argument.
As with bullying, getting the
questions on the new gradu-
ated driver's licenses.
Coburn is mentoring two
ing that combative behavior = KMHS students with senior
will not be tolerated may projects on marijuana use
end the problem. and underage drinking.
Officers assist school
administrators to investigate
suspected drug possession,
theft and fighting.
The officers teach classes
about drug and alcohol
Several high school students
are part of an Explorer post
for teens interested in a law
enforcement career. The offi-
cers also are starting
Students Against Violence
Everywhere clubs.
Coburn calls himself a
“traffic guru.” His day
begins by getting vehicles
safely in and out of the high
school.
The officers also work
with school staff to develop
an emergency incident plan.
They attend ball games,
dances and other school
events.
Moore, Coburn and other
area school representatives
are attending a two-day safe
schools conference this week
in Research Triangle Park.
Moore continues her job
during summer school.
SROs also work in other
police positions during the
summer.
Officers are assigned to
every middle and high
school across Cleveland
County. There are 747 SROs
serving North Carolina
schools.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Kings Mountain Middle School recently held its spelling bee. Each team selected one
student to compete. The bee lasted 20 rounds and Casey Deal won by spelling “restau-
rant.” He will go on to compete in the District spelling bee. Participants include front
row, left to right, LaBrook Davis, Christine Reid, Jannat Majeed. Middle row, Jason Price,
Mary Kathrine Lynn. Back row, Ethan Roper, Alex Lopez, Casey Deal, Steven Powers,
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BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
in Gastonia Staff Writer
Merger apparently has not
ended Kings Mountain High
School's vocational depart-
ment expansion plans.
The Cleveland County
Schools board will tour the
former textile plant March
28 at noon. The 26,400-
square-foot building was
slated by the former Kings
Mountain District Schools
for a $1.3 million renovation
project.
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planned the tour.
“We all need to get in
there and take a look at it,”
Superintendent Dr. Gene
Moore said. “That gives us
an opportunity to make
some decisions as we're
cranking up the budget for
next year.”
Former KMDS board
members Shearra Miller and
Terry McClain are the only
CCS board members to have
been inside the building.
Miller said the tour will
bring her fellow members
up to speed on the project.
The building is located
across the road from KMHS.
In other business, the
board approved “Educating
Minds, Developing Futures”
as the CCS slogan. KMHS
drafting teacher Dan Owens
came up with the slogan
and was rewarded with $100
from the Greater Cleveland
County Schools Educational
Foundation. Slogan commit-
tee members considered 180
slogans submitted by stu-
dents, parents and staff.
Representatives from the
Academically and
Intellectually Gifted pro-
gram gave a presentation on
their department. Students
are selected for AIG inclu-
sion with one of the follow-
ing: a score of 90 percent or
higher on aptitude or
achievement tests, a score
within 15 percent of the
highest possible End of
Grade tests or other com-
pelling and documented evi-
: dence. AIG students can be
served with in-class supple-
mental instruction, honors
classes, dual enrollment,
out-of-regular-class instruc-
tion or other methods.
The following individuals
were appointed to the CCS
School Health Advisory
Council: Donna Audrey, par-
ent; Dr. Mike Barringer,
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Senior year
is not all it’s
cracked up to be
In the classic novel “Great Expectations” by Charles
Dickens, the main character, Pip, is blessed with the oppor-
tunity to have his greatest dream come true. However,
upon the execution of his dream, he ends up sadly disap-
pointed.
These are the exact words used by
classmate Naomi Hansen when I asked
her about her senior year. Suspecting that
most of my classmates would feel the
same way, I decided to take a survey.
| After surveying slightly more than 50 sen-
iors, I discovered that I was in fact correct
{1 and that most of the people I polled, like
1 Naomi, are sadly disappointed in their
senior year.
When asked, most seniors said they
felt only minor differences in their school
= day. It was also agreed among those sur-
veyed that thes minor differences between their senior and
junior year were in a negative way. Most seniors right now
are stressed with post-graduation plans. Some seniors are
waiting to hear if they have been accepted to college; some
seniors are filling out scholarship applications; other seniors
are making job plans; and still other seniors are making
plans to join the military.
Most seniors said they remember imagining when they
were freshman, what it would be like to be a senior. Most
Donna Tackett
KMHS News
‘agreed they had visions of ruling the school, easy classes,
and no homework. Since becoming seniors, most of us
agree that that is just not the way it has turned out. When
I asked Brad Moffitt about his senior year he said “its not
all its cracked up to be.” I believe this is a statement that
sums up the way most seniors feel.
Of course, maybe it is a good thing that most of us are
disappointed. After all, after graduation things are not
going to go exactly how we plan them. Not all of us will be
accepted to our dream school. The greater percent, if not all
of us, will not have the perfect job from the beginning, and
in fact a good amount of us will have trouble getting a job
at all.
When I asked Luke Logan about his senior year and how
he dealt with it he simply said, “(I) take it with a grain of
salt.”
Perhaps that is what all of us in the graduating class of
2005 need to learn to do, not just with our senior year, but
with every thing that comes after it as well. Or, perhaps that
is exactly opposite of what we need to do. Who knows,
after all I am only a senior in high school and I still have a
lot to learn.
I am currently only half way through Dickens’ classic
novel and the future for Pip is looking dim, but for the sen-
iors at KMHS the future looks bright and I know that our
greatest expectations still have plenty of time to unfold.
Donna Tackett is a senior at Kings Mountain High
School.
School Board to decide what
to do with KM textile plant
Cleveland Regional Medical
Center; Cindy Borders, pro-
gram director; Jada Brown,
child nutrition; Sherry
Crowder, physical education
program specialist; Joey
Cleveland County Health
Department; Esther
Littlejohn, special needs; Joy
Shuford, dental hygiene;
Shelia Sisk, former Kings
Mountain chairperson
Glenn, elementary adminis- Student Health Advisory
tration; Audrey Harris, Committee; Connie Smith,
health /physical education parent and Debby Wease,
specialist middle school; former chairperson Shelby
Perry Holleman, faith com- City Schools SHAC.
munity; Dr. Linda Hopper,
district administration; Hunt
Coleman, elementary
administration; Linda Kiser,
The board will meet again
March 21 at 5 p.m. at the
county office building on
Post Road in Shelby.
Beverly Moffitt, pictured with student Amy Navy, received
the “You Make a Difference” award at Kings Mountain
Middle School. Amy said Moffitt “is a nice person. She is
a very trustworthy teacher. She explains everything very
clearly.” Moffitt teaches 7th grade math. She sponsors
the Student Government Association and Beta Club.
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