The Kings Mountain Herald
May 8, 2008
School Board adopts plan for construction
EMILY WEAVER
eweaver@kingsmountainherald.com
A new wing for Kings
Mountain High to possibly
house a “Freshman Academy”
and several renovations to local
schools were adopted Thursday
night at Cleveland County's
Board of Education Strategic
Planning Committee meeting.
The Adequate Facilities
Committee, consisting of par-
ents, community members, and
current and retired educators,
proposed new constructions.
and renovations for county.
schools to the board. “The com-
mittee felt that each of the four
high schools need an additional
wing built. The wing could be
used to house a Freshman
Academy. To prioritize based on
overcrowding, using current
enrollment and capacity num-
bers, Burns High School would
be the top priority with Shelby
High next, followed by Crest
High and KMHS,” the report
stated.
The committee also suggested
renovations to Bethware and
Grover elementary schools.
According to the report, “The
Holland building (at Bethware)
was constructed in the 1920s
and is basically a wooden struc-
ture with brick veneer. The
‘building is heated with steam
and cooled by window AC
units. Rather than remodel,
tearing down this building
would allow for the construc-
tion of a new building that
could connect the Nanny build-
ing with the main building. This
type of renovation would con-
nect all the instructional areas
thus eliminating the need for
students to go outside to transi-
tion from classroom to class-
room.”
The committee stated that
there are three buildings on
Grover’s campus which need
renovations. These buildings
were constructed. in the 1940s,
according to the report.
“Additional study and analysis
of these structures is needed
before a final recommendation
can be made.”
The planning committee pro-
posed renovations to the rest-
rooms, concession stands and
press boxes at KMHS, Burns
and Crest. But the need for a
new Shelby Middle School
topped the committee’s priority
list. The new middle school
would free up the old one to
house one centralized district
office for Cleveland County
Schools and one centralized
alternative program.
Other improvements adopted
by the board, include an inter-
mediate school for the Crest
zone; auditoriums for Burns
middle and high schools and
Crest middle and high; renova-
tions to North Shelby to include
additional classroom space, a
new cafeteria and relocation of
the mechanical room; and, reno-
vations to the second-grade
building at Elizabeth
Elementary, built in the 1940s.
CCS’ Director of Public
Information Donna Carpenter
said that school improvements
will not be immediate. She said
that they could take five or even
10 years to complete.
Renovations were broken down
into a priority list of three phas-
es. Phase one, includes the new
Shelby Middle, renovating the
old Shelby Middle and renovat-
ing North Shelby.
Phase two, includes the addi-
tions to Burns High and Shelby
High, replacing the Holland
building at Bethware and the
new Crest Intermediate School.
Phase three, without order of
priority, includes the auditori-
ums at Burns and Crest schools;
renovations to concession
stands, restrooms and press
boxes at KMHS, Burns and
Crest; additions to Crest High
and KMHS; replacing the build-
ing at Elizabeth ‘Elementary;
and, = upgrading Grover
Elementary.
Wayne King and GOP Republican nominee John McCain.
Wayne King elected delegate to
Republican National Convention
Cleveland County Republican Party Chairman Wayne King was
elected recently to serve as a National Delegate to the Republican
National Convention to be held in September in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
An overwhelming majority of attendees elected King, which also
was the top vote getter at the 10th Congressional District
Convention held in Lincolnton. This is the second time King has
attended a National Convention.
Delegate in New York.
He attended in 2004 as a
King currently serves as Chairman of the Cleveland County
Republican Party, member- North Carolina Republican Party
Executive Committee, member- 10th Congressional District
Executive Committee, member- North Carolina Republican Party
Chairman's Association and many other political organizations.
King was honored in 2004 by the Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners and by the
Kings Mountain City Council for
being the first Kings Mountain resident to serve as Delegate to a
Republican National Convention since the 1970's.
King stated, “I feel privileged to be elected for the second
straight time to serve as Delegate. It will be a privilege to serve
North Carolina at the Convention.”
North Carolina has a total of 67 elected delegates and a total of
2,380 delegates attending the Republican National Convention.
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Dennis Davis elected Presidential Elector
Former State Senator Dennis
Davis, resident of Cleveland
County was elected recently at
the 10th Congressional District
meeting in Lincolnton to serve
as Presidential Elector.
Wayne King, Chairman of the
Cleveland County Republican
Party stated, “It was an honor
to vote for Dennis Davis to
serve as Presidential Elector.
Dennis has been a friend for
many years and a person I
admire and a person that will
represent Cleveland County
well.”
Davis is a retired history
teacher at Crest High School in
Boiling Springs, former
Cleveland County Republican
Party Chairman and member of
the NC Republican Executive
Committee.
Congressman Patrick
McHenry (R-10) said,” Dennis
Davis was the winner between
two fine candidates for
Presidential Elector. I want to
congratulate him on this unique
honor — I know he will do a
great job representing our Tenth
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Electoral College. Dennis has
served ably in the past as a State
Senator and I know he will ful-
fill this constitutional duty with
honor.”
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College includes 538 electors,
535 for the total number of con-
gressional members, and three
who represent Washington,
D.C., as allowed by the 23rd
Amendment. On the Monday
following the second
Wednesday in December, the
electors of each state meet in
their respective state capitals to
officially cast their votes for
president and vice president.
These votes are then sealed and
sent to the president of the
Senate, who on Jan. 6 opens and
reads the votes in the presence
of both houses of Congress.
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