Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
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| School Board member Linda Barnette, South Davie Principal Dr. Danny Cartner, parent Amy Vaughn-Jones, building inspector William Whaley and parent Steve Russ prepare to tour a cleaner South Davie. - Photo by Robin Snow |
They did it themselves.
The group put in about 100 hours just before Thanksgiving, removing broken tiles and painting locker rooms.
Amy (Howard) Vaughn-Jones headed up the project.
“We had students, parents, grandparents, my mom (Julia Howard), and people who don’t even have anything to do with the school here, and we worked and had a great time. It was a painting party,” she said.
Vaughn-Jones, who is on the school improvement team, said she believes that overall, the school has not been well maintained.
The first problem she became aware of was in the summer, when someone cautioned her during a cheer practice in the gym to not put her handbag on the floor because of roaches. A month or so into the school year, her daughter, Izzy, an eighth grader, went home and told Vaughn-Jones that there was mold in her classroom.
Vaughn-Jones said she became aware of various leaks throughout the school.
Many of the problems have been corrected.
A recent walk-through revealed no mold, and leaks in the girls’ locker room and boys’ bathroom on the eighth grade hall have been ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.