Bertie School Board Rescinds Motion

By Cal Bryant - December 17th, 2005 - Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald

WINDSOR - The Bertie County Board of Education has changed its mind.

Exiting a closed session here Thursday afternoon, board members voted to rescind their majority decision on December 5 regarding the proposed desegregation plan and instructed the board’s attorney to develop another proposal and present it to the Department of Justice by the deadline of January 15, 2006.

The new motion includes two options. (1) To close John P. Law and Askewville elementary schools at the end of the 2006- 07 school year; or in the alternative, (2) if funding becomes available by the end of the 2006-07 school year, to close Aulander, John P. Law and Askewville elementary schools at the close of the 2008-09 school year and construct a new elementary school with a capacity of 450 students and to open that school at the start of the 2009-2010 school year.

I disgree with Cal's characterization and do not believe the title of this article accurately reflects what the Bertie County Board of Education is doing. Link to the Inner Banks Eagle for my thoughts and opinions on the ongoing school issues.