Carteret County Public Schools
Carteret County Public Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Carteret County, North Carolina. Its 16 schools serve 8,626 students as of the 2010–2011 school year. Student demographics. For the 2010–2011 school year, Carteret County Public Schools had a total population of 8,626 students and 636.55 teachers on a (FTE) basis. This produced a student-teacher ratio of 13.55:1. That same year, out of the student total, the gender ratio was 52% male to 48% female. The demographic group makeup was: White, 80%; Black, 7%; Hispanic, 5%; American Indian, 1%; and Asian/Pacific Islander, 1 % (two or more races: 6%). For the same school year, 73.96% of the students received free and reduced-cost lunches. Governance and funding. The primary governing body of Carteret County Public Schools follows a council–manager government format with a seven-member Board of Education appointing a Superintendent to run the day-to-day operations of the system. The school system currently resides in the North Carolina State Board of Education's Second District. Board of Education. The seven members of the Board of Education generally meet on the first Tuesday of each month. The current members of the board  are: Al Hill (Chair), Cathy Neagle (Vice Chair), David Carr, June Fulcher, Perry Harker, Mark Mansfield, and John "Bubba" McLean. Superintendent. The current superintendent of Carteret County Public Schools is Dan Novey. He has been superintendent since April 2009 replacing Brad Sneeden who died in October, 2008. Novey was formerly an assistant superintendent with Parkland School District in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Funding. For the 2008–09 school year, expenditures totaled $ 95,694,000. Public school districts in North Carolina do not have their own taxation authority; they are fiscally dependent on the State and their respective county Board of Commissioners. The county Boards  of Commissioners vote on funding levels proposed by the school system. In 2010, The Carteret County Public School Foundation was formed to provide supplemental funding for the system in order to promote teaching and educational achievements in STEM fields, reading and writing skills, pre-school education, visual arts, and innovation in education. They received their first large donation of $ 25,000 from PotashCorp-Aurora, in 2012. Member schools. Carteret County Public Schools has 17 schools ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Those 17 schools are separated into four high schools, four middle schools, and nine elementary schools. Athletics. According  to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, for the 2012–2013 school year: