Last week, on Tuesday, July 12th, the Granville County Board of Education held a special called meeting to take up discussion about the future of the J.F. Webb High School campus. Superintendent Dr. Dorwin Howard presented information to the Board members regarding demographics and other information about Webb High School and the School of Health and Life Sciences which is on the Webb campus.
Following the discussion, the Board arrived at consensus to issue the following proclamation: The Granville County Board of Education and the Granville County Public Schools Administration are committed to maintaining the two distinctive schools that comprise the J.F. Webb High School campus, and to take continuous action to improve the academic achievement, student behavior, discipline and safety for all students.
Board Chair, Dr. G. Thomas Houlihan, also offered these additional comments, “Tonight the Granville County Board of Education adopted a statement that clearly supports the continuation of the School of Health and Life Sciences on the JF Webb campus. The Board is concerned that rumors in the community assumed the school would be merged with JF Webb High School next year- this is in fact not the case, and furthermore, there are no plans to merge the schools anytime soon. We look forward to the continued success of this school and support the efforts of all of our schools to serve all students to the best of their ability.”
Superintendent Dr. Dorwin L. Howard, Sr. also commented on the discussion, saying, “We are committed to providing the best possible education to all of the students at the JF Webb campus. We will continue to work closely with the leadership teams at both schools to improve the academic achievement, student behavior, discipline and safety for all students. Warrior pride is strong, and the future is bright for all students on that campus.”
(The final three paragraphs are verbatim from a Granville Co. Schools press release. The first paragraph was altered slightly for clarity.)
