Nash County receives $40 million grant for new middle school
SHE ALSO MUST PAY ALMOST
$195,000
IN RESTITUTION.
>> NASH COUNTY IS BREAKING
RECORDS FOR RECEIVING THE
LARGEST GRANT TO SUPPORT
EDUCATION IN ITS HISTORY.
WE'RE TALKING 40 MILLION
DOLLARS IN NEEDS-BASED GRANT
THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED.
PLUS ANOTHER 4 MILLION DOLLARS
FROM THE COUNTY. THE MONEY WILL
PAY FOR A NEW SOUTHERN ASH
MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WRAL'S HEIDI
KIRK SHOWS US THIS SCHOOL IS
NEEDED NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 800 STUDENTS
ATTEND SOUTHERN NASH MIDDLE
SCHOOL.
>> SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY IT'S
BEEN OVER CAPACITY FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW. THE NEW FACILITY
WILL NOT ONLY ALLOW THEM TO
GROW THAT POPULATION BY ABOUT
300 BUT ALSO DO ANTICIPATE THE
GROWTH THAT'S TO COME BOOTS.
VAN DER MARK HAS DEEP ROOTS IN
NASH COUNTY. HER HUSBAND GREW
UP HERE AND SHE HAS 2 KIDS
CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN NASH
COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE'S
A LOT OF PRIDE THAT COMES WITH
A GOOD SCHOOL AND A GOOD SCHOOL
SYSTEM. VAN DER MARK IS
OPTIMISTIC FOR HER FAMILY'S
FUTURE WITH 40 MILLION DOLLARS
PLUS INVESTED INTO A NEW SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL CAN BE TOUGH.
AGAIN. YOU'RE LEARNED OF THE
YEAR. YOU WANT TO BE HERE TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHO THAT IS.
>> BUT TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT IS SAFE AND IT SUPPORTS
THAT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IS
VERY IMPORTANT. THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM CALLED THE INVESTMENT
CRITICAL IN PREPARING FOR MORE
OUR GROWTH OF WAKE COUNTY AND
THE I-NINETY-FIVE WILSON
CORRIDOR. SO THAT WAS BEING
>> A REACTIVE TO GROWTH IN THIS
COUNTY. WE'RE GOING TO BE
PROACTIVE AND BUILD THIS SCHOOL
RIGHT NOW STARTS THAT
COMMISSIONER ROBBIE DAVIS SAYS
THE BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING
TOWARD THIS FOR YEARS AS HARD
AS WE CAN ALL WORK. GO TO A
FUNNY BEEN ONE OF THE BETTER
DAY OF THE BALL OFF OF HIS LOVE
WHEN WE INDEED REAL LOVE TO THE
DAY THAT WE WERE IN THE GO GET
THIS NEED-BASED GRANTS. IN
ADDITION, THE DISTRICT PLANS
TO RENOVATE THE CURRENT MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN OPEN AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN ITS PLACE. THIS IS A
GOOD STRUCTURE. SO IT'S ONLY
GOING TO TAKE A FEW SMALL
THINGS TO MAKE IT FIT FOR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. VAN DER
MARK IS PROUD THAT THE COUNTY
SHE'S CALLED HOME FOR MORE THAN
20 YEARS.
>> IS TAKING STEPS TOWARD
BETTER EDUCATION. THE SCHOOLS
ARE INVALUABLE. YOU'RE CREATING
A FOUNDATION.
>> THAT THESE CHILDREN THEN
BUILD UPON THEIR ENTIRE LIFE
HIKER WRAL NEWS NASH COUNTY.
NOW THEY HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED
A SITE YET FOR THE NEW SCHOOL.