The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
PASQUOTANK NEEDS A
new RURAL HICHSCHOOL
100000 School Building Needed to Take Care
Care Of Children in 10 Little Districts
Around Elizabeth Citv

have another consolidated
~~., hrSh school to serve that
r.,. territory in Elizabeth
r.r. N.Nonton. Providence and
n. flc~mou Townships that is
~., HOW served by conSolidat-
,r schools. There is a fine
consolidated high school in
Nsvlui in upper PaSquotank;
4n,,ncr at WcekSvillc in low
r. pa,quotank. But in be-
,ur.u there are only little
>,...'houscS that Just don't
r,y. the demands OF the times.
r, live the children of Bcrca.
rr,fi"urr. Forks. SmallS, Oki>ko.
VI ll.rmnn. Coriuth,. NiN"nton.
Rank, and Riverside the same cdu
,e.foraI facilities and opportunities
a,a.'ehlr, Ia The other children of
Pho. ..,uly. new rural high school
ru,. rr built somewhere i'll the
ra.rl-y 1T Elizabeth city.
!. V. Leroy. Chairman of the
rrmry Board of Education and VI.
=. Jennings. County Superintendent
r.,. ,,,.u the need for some time.
They have Il pretty clear idea ut
vla- : needed. To fill the zap he
.rr.n Nrwland and WeckSvillc
SILT, llr. Jennings. the county needs
a lu;Hiu. nf ~ to - rooms near
ruraE.-h city. Such Il building
r..r,rI cost SlUOOOG or thercabnutS.
White anticipating the need of ar
additional hi.h school 4 year az"
,h.. county board of education did
mol advance the idea because II was
Err.I ru somehow take care Of
,rr children uf high school grades
F.. mrIvnI- school districts. in the
Irr.gms city schools. But it /.
s",t u,av that there will h" ne
rpnm in Elizabeth City SchnolS f"i
N. children outside thc EllZah'th
Uirv district. And there iS II" room
for Them at Nrwlaud or WeckSvill"
Tho Wr.kSyillc school. which WAS
rr;.- I'm he face of great Gpp"Slil"r
is already overcrowdcd with more
.har. luo pupils. To placat" iht
,,1r,,irinu i'm the WerkS:ill" con
..fil.rr.G district. two small schools.
nu.. ~ prv Rridge and one ut
>a-r-.f Ert.k. were opened TINS tall
Tl.. rrr.,t week only >:X pupils were
,.r.r.d AT Dry Ridge. The Se"nnG
v..E the teacher faced empty
r.n,nr,. only - enrolled i'll tn
>.a,nf Neil, school and five of them
v.r. under age. Both tn" DIR!
r.r-.. 9nd Sound Neck >chn"l> were
r,.-rG after running two weeks. th'
.nnr.r all going 10 the Weeks
F.." ,"huol.
Thor. are Go or more children
70. .rhnul az" in ten little Scti""l
fu~..S within radius of seven
m...s of Elizabeth CITY. The iar@
o.. Of rhrs, schools is Fork school
with rour teachers. Fork can never
.u aingn four teacher school u"
r.r... .E. uni-hbnrhnud can not sup
,-r. =. Siv of the ten lirtl" dis
,r-... outside Elizabeth city have
r- Io.ar school tax. They will haV'
p, rn,,. local tax before they car
., consolidated. Those having Il
ha.r tax ar. Fork. Mt. il"rn"n
u.r..n ud Riverside. B"rra'
l..,rirrcr. SmalI<. Corimth. Nixon
,-n a,d Banks have II" local tax.
tn. six hundred and forty chi!-
a..n iu ten little districts ar"''i'h
Elizabeth city can't got tn" "d'I'a
,...uraI equipment To compete with
'tn children at Elizabeth city. New
anI and Wr"kSvillr if il new hi%h
..r,"l i-u't built :" accommodate
,u.ru. Th.~,. are facts. The ia;
ra..,. in thc>" small districts WIFI
rar lr,, something 10 "nth'IS" Tor
". .rrrrrl about. according Z" th"h
nf...dral light. temper or comtrari.