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Mrs. Mollie Andrews, Manteo;
Mrs. Arthur Fields, Manteo; Mrs.
Oma Pearl Daniels, Manns Harbor;
Mrs. Thelma Barnett, Avon; Will
liam Ernst, Jr., Manteo.
This Committee will meet again
on April 81 to give further study
to local school needs.
Recommendations of Committee
"Since the Dare County Citizens
Committee was appointed in No
vember 1858, three meetings have
been held for purpose of assisting
in the continued Improvement of
the educational opportunities of
our children.
"The Committee, during Deem
Der and January, visited the Bux-
ton, Kitty Hawk, Manteo Elemen-
tary and the Roanoke Schools. The
following are recognized by the
Committee as needed improve
ments for each school.
"Q) Kitty Hawk School: enroll
ment-126; teachers. The Com
mittee commends this community
for its weli-planned school. For
this school to receive generalization
status, the teachers must raise
their certificates to standard. The
library does not at present meet
the standards for accreditation al
though the committee UNDER
stands that a PTA project is to
bring the library up to these
standards.
"(2) Roanoke School: enroll
ment - 72 pupils - Is in high
school; teachers-"A" certifi-
Gates.
"The most pressing need as ex-
pressed by Principal Dempsey is
for an additional teacher to in
struct the first and second grades
along with obtaining adequate
equipment for teaching chemistry
and physics.
eve realize that in a small
school a disproportionate amount
per pupil must be spent in order
to supply adequate equipment.
This is especially true in the case
of the colored school as the num-
Der of pupils is fairly static and
there is no possibility of CONSOLE
dation with other negro schools.
"We feel that an additional
teacher is desirable for the first
and second grades because it is in
those grades that the basic founda-
ton for later learning is laid. At
present, the two teachers each
have four grades each. We feel
that it is an almost impossible job
for one teacher to give enough
time to each grade to do a thor
ough job of teaching. If the time
is divided equally, she cannot give
more than one and half hours of
instruction to each grade level.
eve, of course, recognize the
fact that the Roanoke School can
not be ACCREDITED as there are not
enough teachers in the school for
accreditation. We also realize that
due to the limited negro ~ a
tion there are not enough pupils to
warrant the state providing the
number required for accreditation,
nor to provide the desired addi-
tional teacher.
eve are therefore aware that
the additional teacher would have
70 be provided through county
funds. We realize that this is de-
cision that rests with the Board
of Education; however, we strong
ly recommend that if at all posi-
BILE an additional teacher be pro-
vided the Roanoke School.
"(3) Manteo Ele m n AIRY
School: enrollment-355 pupils,
teachers-12.
"This school is badly in need of
interior painting, improved wiring
and lighting. We feel that re-
painting of the interior will aid in
providing a more pleasant atmos-
phere in which both students and
teachers will spend large part of
their day. Many rooms are lighted
by naked light bulbs, which is
hardly desirable. The glare from
sunlight in many classrooms is Sc
we're. Many of these rooms are
equipped with venetian blinds,