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Board says DPI award, not local choice, led to East Duplin grant; resident asks why other high schools were not selected
Summary
A resident asked why East Duplin was chosen for a state need-based grant; board members said the district submitted two applications and DPI ranked East Duplin higher because of modular classroom needs, and they pledged to continue pursuing funding for the other three high schools.
At its Jan. 6 business session the Duplin County Board of Education responded to a public question about why East Duplin High School received a state need-based grant instead of other local high schools.
Angela Vess Mainer, a resident from the Warsaw District, told the board she was concerned that "East Duplin been chosen and not Wallace Rose Hill or James Keenan," and asked why the district had selected East Duplin for the state award.
A board member said the district did not unilaterally pick the school. "We…
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