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NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 9, 2000
CARY BEGINS DELIVERING CHECKS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CARY, NC – Forty-three public schools in Wake County might think
that Santa Claus has come early this year as the Town of Cary today begins
distributing millions of dollars in its "first of its kind in the
State economic development through education" initiative. After a
brief 9:30 AM ceremony at Town Hall today, Town Council members will head
out to nearly a dozen of the qualifying schools to hand-deliver checks and
talk briefly with principals and teachers about their plans for the money.
Checks for the rest of the public schools will be handed out at tonight’s
regular Town Council meeting. Part of this year’s Town of Cary operating
budget, the Cary Council appropriated $3.7 million—or, about $200 per
child--for its 2000-2001 Fiscal Year.
Qualifying schools must have a minimum of 30 students who reside in
Cary, and they must present detailed plans for how the funds would be
used, including a method to assess the relative effectiveness of the
donation at the end of the school year. This year, Town of Cary funds are
being distributed as follows:
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Wake County School |
Total Award |
General Use of Funds |
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Adams Elementary |
$105,200.00 |
Professional Development, Additional Staff, Reading Instruction
and Technology |
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Apex Elementary |
$22,000.00 |
Reading Instruction and Professional Development |
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Apex High School |
$140,800.00 |
Technology |
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Apex Middle School |
$17,000.00 |
Technology |
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Athens Drive High School |
$142,000.00 |
Technology |
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Baucom Elementary |
$48,600.00 |
Technology and Professional Development |
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Briarcliff Elementary |
$96,200.00 |
Technology |
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Carnage Middle School |
$9,600.00 |
Technology and Instructional Materials |
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Cary Elementary |
$118,000.00 |
Technology |
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Cary High School |
$309,000.00 |
Technology |
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Centennial Middle |
$9,200.00 |
NCSU Partnership |
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Combs Elementary |
$21,000.00 |
Professional Development and Technology |
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Davis Drive Elementary |
$202,400.00 |
Reading Instruction, Technology, Additional Staff |
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Davis Drive Middle School |
$197,000.00 |
Professional Development, Student newspaper, Technology, Safety
Equipment, Subject Area Resources and Additional Staff |
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Dillard Drive Elementary |
$69,000.00 |
Technology, Additional Staff, Literacy |
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Dillard Drive Middle School |
$109,600.00 |
Technology, AG, ESL and Special Programs |
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East Cary Middle School |
$126,200.00 |
Technology and Support Resources |
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Enloe High School |
$62,200.00 |
Foreign Language, Tutoring and Technology |
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Farmington Woods Elementary |
$82,200.00 |
Literature, Professional Development, Technology and
Extracurriculars |
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Fuller Elementary |
$24,000.00 |
Additional Teaching Staff |
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Green Hope Elementary |
$89,400.00 |
Technology and Professional Development |
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Green Hope High School |
$239,400.00 |
Safety Measures, Community Involvement, Additional Staff,
Professional Development and Technology |
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Kingswood Elementary |
$55,800.00 |
Technology and subject area resources |
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Ligon Middle School |
$14,000.00 |
Technology |
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Lufkin Road Middle School |
$67,200.00 |
Safety Measures and Technology |
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Martin Middle School |
$58,000.00 |
Technology and security measures |
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Morrisville Elementary |
$137,400.00 |
Technology, Professional Development and Additional Staff |
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Northwoods Elementary |
$89,600.00 |
Literacy and Technology |
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Oak Grove Elementary |
$110,400.00 |
Technology |
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Olive Chapel Elementary |
$19,200.00 |
Technology |
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Partnership Primary |
$15,200.00 |
Technology and additional Staff |
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Penny Road Elementary |
$53,800.00 |
Technology and reading resources |
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Poe Elementary |
$14,800.00 |
Reading Instruction |
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Reedy Creek Elementary |
$87,200.00 |
ESL and Subject Area Resources, Technology |
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Salem Elementary |
$69,600.00 |
Technology |
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Southeast Raleigh High School |
$48,400.00 |
Additional Teaching staff |
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Swift Creek Elementary |
$40,000.00 |
Technology |
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Washington Elementary |
$46,000.00 |
Professional Development and Technology |
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Weatherstone Elementary |
$68,800.00 |
Additional Teaching Staff and Reading Resources |
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West Cary Middle School |
$159,000.00 |
Technology |
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West Lake Elementary |
$6,800.00 |
Technology and Reading / Writing Instruction |
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West Lake Middle School |
$51,800.00 |
Technology |
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Wiley Elementary |
$9,600.00 |
Reading and writing Instruction |
In September, the Town signed a $215,000 contract with Wake Education
Partnership to handle requests from the Wake County Public School System
and the 13 charter schools in Wake County. There are about 20,500 Cary
school children in Wake County. About 18,500, or 90 percent, of these
attend public schools.
Cary also hopes to make the same "$200 per Cary Child" offer
to qualifying non-public and home schools based on a process currently set
to be discussed by the Town Council in December.
For more information, see "School Funding Project" under WHAT’S
NEW on the Town’s website at www.townofcary.org.
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MEDIA NOTE: Please attend our special 9:30 AM news conference at Town
Hall today where officials will be available to answer your questions
about this new initiative. Then, follow Council as they deliver oversized
checks according to the following schedule:
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10:30 a.m. |
11:15 a.m. |
12 noon |
12:15 p.m. |
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Glen Lang |
Cary High
638 Walnut Street
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Cary Elementary
100 Dry Avenue
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Athens Drive High
1420 Athens Drive
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Jack Smith |
Farmington Woods Elementary
1413 Hampton Valley Road
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Adams Elementary
805 Cary Towne Blvd
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Athens Drive High
1420 Athens Drive
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Harold Weinbrecht |
E. Cary Middle
111S.E. Maynard Road
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Northwoods Elementary
519 Ferrell Street
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Reedy Creek Elementary
940 Reedy Creek Road
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Jennifer Robinson |
Davis Drive Middle
2101 Davis Drive
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Green Hope High
2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road
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Green Hope Elementary
1303 Louis Stephens Drive
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PRIMARY CONTACTS: |
Bill Coleman, Town Manager, 469-4002
Tony Habit, WEP, 821-7609
Susan Moran, Public Information Officer, 460-4951
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