By: Bethany Stephens
Funding has been a recent concern for many school districts and parents who are trying to figure out how funding is allocated – especially those funds that come from the N.C. State Lottery. Since the lottery’s inception, the county has already received $3,000,966 in available funds to address capital outlay concerns such as building repairs and the like. The amount granted varies yearly, but any unused funds accumulate and roll over to the next year. This allows the county to also make income on the remaining balance’s interest. With previous years’ accumulation, there was recently $1,000,684 to use for this purpose. Recently, $325,810 in new roofing at Elizabethtown Middle and $37,570 for two new air conditioning units (to be installed on the replaced roof) have both been approved to come out of this funding. To access the N.C. State Lottery Funds, a request has to be made via the County Commissioners, and, if approved by the commissioners, the board then has to send the request to the state.
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When the lottery came into NC, it was suppose to benefit the schools! This is not happening! Get the Politicians out of school business! I don’t think the Politicians, County Commissioners, and the Board of Education care about the children and their education!
Instead of closing these schools, repair them! What you should be doing is getting rid of some of the people you don’t need on the Board of Education and reducing salaries! Think about it, what is more important? The children and their education or filling somebody’s pockets? The children and their education IS MOST IMPORTANT! Consolidating schools and putting the children on longer bus rides and overcrowding classes is the worst decision! You are hurting the children in these schools that you want to close! Get your priorities in order! Right now my Grandchildren get up at 5:30 am on school days so they can be ready to get on the bus at 6:30 am. Their bus ride TO school is 1 hour and the bus ride home from school 1 hour! How to you expect the children to perform well in school and get their homework assignments done? Do any of you have children in these schools? I doubt it! And what about the new jail house that is being built? That tells me that the criminals are more important than the children! I REPEAT GET YOUR PRIORITIES IN ORDER AND POLITICS OUT! DO NOT CLOSE THESE SCHOOLS!