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Superintendent outlines summer capital work, new playgrounds and expanded free meal service
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Parker told the board the district completed repaving at four schools, is installing playgrounds and digital marquees, and expanded summer feeding to provide no‑cost meals to children countywide; he also announced open‑house and school‑start dates.
Superintendent Dr. Parker updated the Elizabeth City‑Pasquotank Board of Education on summer capital work and an expanded summer feeding program during the July 22 meeting.
Dr. Parker said pavement work was completed at four schools — listing Northeastern High School among them — and that playground installations are underway at the district’s elementary schools (except Weeksville Elementary, which will follow). He said interior painting and landscaping projects are also in progress and that new electronic marquee signs will be installed at all schools in the coming weeks so the public will begin to see the new signs.
On programming, Dr. Parker described continuous summer programming this year, noting two camps (a summer read‑to‑achieve camp and an extended school‑year camp) that ran into August. He also highlighted the child nutrition department’s expanded summer feeding, which provided boxed meals on Fridays and daily meals at no cost to children participating in summer programs and to children in the county whether or not they attend district schools.
Dr. Parker reiterated calendar details for families: middle‑school open houses on Aug. 20, high‑school open houses on Aug. 21, elementary open houses on Aug. 22, and the first day of school on Aug. 26.
Why it matters
Completed and in‑progress capital work will affect campus arrival and safety, playground access and facility aesthetics for students returning in August. The expanded meal service represents a larger district commitment to summer nutrition, with the superintendent noting this is the first year the district has scaled feeding “this large.”
What wasn’t in the record
The superintendent described several capital and program items but did not provide contract values or detailed timelines for every installation; funding sources for most projects were not itemized in the open session beyond the clarification that two contracts presented later would be paid from local funds.
