Vance County Schools invites the community to take “A Walk Down Memory Lane” next week – in this case, Memory Lane includes the hallways of Carver Elementary and New Hope Elementary.
Visitors will be welcomed to the schools on Tuesday, Apr. 21 between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to say their goodbyes to the two schools, which will close at the end of this school year. It’s a chance for former students to walk the halls one last time and to reminisce about days gone by.
The Vance County Board of Education voted in February to close the schools, citing declining enrollment, aging buildings and funding concerns.
Carver students will attend E.O. Young next year, and New Hope students will attend Dabney Elementary, according to school officials.
Before the school board voted on the closures, VCS Superintendent Dr. Cindy Bennett had said that the schools’ staffs would have job security.
There are about 123 students in grades PK – 5 presently at Carver; 108 students in PK- 5 are at New Hope.
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