The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-08-14
SCHOOL OPENING
PLANS FOR DARE
ARE ANNOUNCED
Students Will Report for Assign
ment to Rooms on Sep
+ember 4

AS result OF Legislation enacted
by the 1859 General Assembly and
regulation made by the State
Board of Education, the school
children of North Carolina will
have better opportunity to secure
full 100 days of instruction, ac-
cording to Mrs. D. E. Evans,
Superintendent of Dare County
Schools. The new legislation and
regulations, which provide en-
ployment for teachers for two days
before the actual opening day of
school and one day following the
close of school, will permit much
of the detailed work necessary to
the opening and closing of schools
to be done before the opening and
closing dates.
In Dare County the following
school calendar has been adopted:
Thursday, September 8: County
wide teachers meeting in the morn
ing. In the afternoon the teachers
will meet in their respective
schools.
Friday, September a: 900 A. M.
to Noon: All students will report
to their respective schools. School
buses will operate. Lunch will not
be served. Students will be assign
ed to their rooms, textbooks will
be issued, fees collected, scheduling
of classes will be done. Students
will be dismissed at noon, but
teachers will continue their work
in the afternoon.
Monday, September Z: No
school.
Tuesday, September 8 at 8:45 A.
M. Students will report for first
regular day of school. Schools will
be in session until 3:15. Lunch will
be served. Mrs. Evans has asked
for the cooperation of all parents
and students in the following mat
tiers:
Assignment of New Students:
No student may be enrolled in a
school in Dare County who has not
been assigned to that particular
school by the County Board of Edu-
cation. Parents of children, who
have not already been assigned are
urged to make application in the
superintendent office Immediate
ly.
Preliminary School Day, Friday,
September d: 1t is important that
every student attend school on this
day in order that the preliminary
details, such as textbooks, fees,
schedules, bus routes, may be COM
pleted.
Requirements of First Grade
Enrolment: 1t is necessary for
child to become six years of age on
or before October Is in order to
enter school for the 1959-1960
school term. The Attorney General
has ruled that any child born on
October is would become six on
October Is and would, therefore,
be eligible for admission to the
first grade. In addition to the age
requirement all first graders
must be assigned to a school by
the Board of Education, must pre-
sent a birth certificate, and must
have been vaccinated for small pox,
typhoid, whooping cough, diph-
liberia and polio.
School Bus Routes: Students who
are planning to ride school buses
during the year are expected Ito
ride the buses on Friday, Septem-
Der and Tuesday, September 8.
1t is impossible to know the exact
number of students on a bus route
until the bus begins operating and
until all of the students on the
route actually ride the bus. It may
take several days to eliminate all
the problems connected with bus
routes but parents and students can
help in the following ways:
1. Ride school buses the first few
days if you are planning to ride
them during the year.
2. Leave automobiles home for
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