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Rockingham facilities committee offers five options for Reidsville elementary schools; staff to price top choices

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The facilities committee presented five options for Reidsville-area elementary schools, including applying for NCDPI needs-based grants to build or renovate schools. The board asked staff to narrow and cost two preferred options for an April 28 update.

During the March 31 work session the Rockingham County Schools facilities committee presented five options for Reidsville-area elementary schools and recommended applying for a needs-based grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Ms. Young, speaking for the facilities committee, outlined five options: (1) apply for the NCDPI needs-based grant (staff described a $42,000,000 grant amount) to build a new state-of-the-art school and repurpose Booker T. Washington Learning Center in cooperation with the City of Reidsville; (2) leave South End and Moss Street open and close Lawsonville Avenue with other relocations; (3) close South End and expand three nearby elementary schools…

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