The chairman of the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District Board of Education assured commissioners today the school system would stay within the $19.2 million cost range on a new Manning Elementary School and if possible would try to keep it under that figure.
Halifax County Board of Commissioner Chairman Vernon Bryant, in letters to the editor to three area media outlets, has responded to a statement released earlier this week on Manning Elementary School funding.
The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District today released a statement saying the Halifax County Board of Commissioners' decision to hold the cost of a new Manning Elementary School at $19.2 million is of concern to parents and is “simply not enough.”
Halifax County commissioners today OK'd the appropriation of $1.2 million that will lay the groundwork for possible construction of a new Manning Elementary School.
The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District has given its consensus on a plan to build a new Manning Elementary School for $19.2 million, but commissioners today balked at approving that figure and voting on a $1.2 million allocation to cover start-up costs of the project, wanting more detailed financing figures and how it will impact taxpayers.
Delegations from the county and Roanoke Rapids Graded School District will meet to continue discussing funding of a new Manning Elementary School.
Every funding option will be explored as the board of commissioners begin deliberations of possibly building a new Manning Elementary School, Halifax County Manager Tony Brown said.
The Roanoke Rapids Graded School District is taking initial steps that could lead to a new Manning Elementary School.
Weldon City Schools and the Roanoke Rapids Graded School School District will continue to wait for an answer on whether they can spend money on design fees after Halifax County commissioners today approved a watered down motion that was called a vote of confidence on plans the two districts have for school improvement.
Manning Elementary School will be releasing students at 1:05 p.m. after a vehicle apparently struck a utility pole this morning at the corner of Virginia Avenue.