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Monday, May 22, 2017

Dare County Schools' Largest Budget in History to Cover Repairs, 1948


The Coastland Times, Manteo, N.C., published Friday, May 7, 1948
Dare County School Budget $27,060 Meets Approval…Highest Budget in History Needed to Make Up for Omissions in Repairs

The budget submitted by the Dare County Board of Education to the Commissioners this week met their approval with little objection. It is for $27,060 with an additional $5,000 tacked on to catch up with losses resulting from the slashing of last year.

Chief among the items needed for 1948-49 are new roofs, and paint, and desks, the latter for schools which are now using boxes. E.P. White of the Board of Education stated publicly this week that in the schools of his section fully 30 students are using makeshift desks.

Some of the repairs needed, as well as desks, will cost much more than they would have cost last year, had the Board of Education had the $5,000 to spend, that was slashed off the budget.

The complete amount needed to be set up for the coming year is $32060, and is apportioned among the schools as follows:

District
Enrollment
Amount
Manteo
317
$1,350
Manns Harbor
67
$1,806
East Lake
31
$933
Kitty Hawk
131
$2,957
Colington
20
422
Wanchese
98
1,352
Stumpy Point
43
1,157
Rodanthe
57
1,762
Avon
95
2,857
Buxton
101
4,102
Hatteras
104
2,152
Roanoke Colored
79
871
Totals
1,154
$27,060


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