The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-05-20
TO THE VOTERS
OF HYDE COUNTY

Vt TILE lOUNlY
The undersigned candidates for membership on the
Board OF Education Of Hyde County solicit your votes and
support in the Democratic Primary Of May 70 on the basis
OF the following frank and open statement:
If elected to this important office. we pledge TO
you thaf we will continue to operate the five Isl aecred
REQ high schools now in operation These consist Of West
hyde and Hyde County Training Schools located Swan
Quarter East Hyde and Davis at Engehard and Ocracoke
School at Ocracoke.
We plan to apply to the State Board Of Education
tor sufficient funds from the 1853 State Bond Issue to
build needed class at Davis School, We have made
personal inspection Of this school and find extreme
over-crowded situation existing The wood frame build
ing occupied by the small children is also fe-+rap We
feel that this improvement will keep and improve the good
relationship enjoyed between the two in our
county,
We will apply TO the State Board for an allotment Of
Bond Issue funds to construct combination auditorium
and gymnasium at the West Hyde School at Swan Quar-
We will make careful surveys Of the East Hyde
School and the Ocraeoke School. and make needed
pairs and improvements
We will continue to approve The assignment Of the
Ponzer children to the Belhaven School.
We plan to strengthen The SCIENCE ma+h and for
egn language departments of the five schools by parici
pang in the Federal Government program. This program
aots to Hyde County approximately $1,000 in federal
funds to purchase laboratory equipment and other teach
ing aids for these subjects This must be matched by local
county funds. which would make total Of some 400
year to be used in this important
We plan to request the County Commissioners
for the necessary funds to employ three additional high
school teachers each at Davis School. East Hyde
School and West Hyde School, The Hyde County Train
ing School already has four high school teachers. This
would give The four schools the mainland four high
school teachers EACH addition to the vocational teach
The cost to the taxpayers Of Hyde County for these
additional teachers would be much lower than The extra
maintenance and transportation costs involved in the dis
credited plan to operate so-caled central high high
school, The proposed central school would only be four
teacher school in addition to the two vocational teachers
and would still have to operate two elementary schools
at Swan Quarter and Engelhard
We wish TO clear up that have been circu-
lated that the present high schools not accredited
This is not and examination of the school records
will prove it, The State Board requires average daily at
tendance Of so pupils to have accredited school, We
have than enough pupils to meet this requirement and
will have them in the foreseeable future.
We feel that this program is fair to ALL We feel
that only fair to let you know how feel before ask
ing for your vote. elected by he people. appointed by
The House Of Representatives and approved by the Sem
ate. in the 1851 North Caroline Legislature. we pledge
that goal shall be to provide each child in Hyde
County with +he very best educational advantage posi-
BILE.