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Richardson Funeral Home Est. 1918
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FUNERAL SERVICES
Spring Hope Funeral Home Spring Hope Memorial Gardens 7881 Webbs Mill Road • PO Box 448 • Spring Hope, NC • (252) 478-5560 VERA HAWLEY ~ Funeral Director
Shingleton Funeral Home 2413 Nash Street NW • PO Box 1909 • Wilson, NC • (252) 243-3148 CHRISTOPHER TURNAGE ~ Funeral Service
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Funeral Home & Cremation Services
Funeral Home & Cremation Services
(Centered) Royal David, CFSP, CPC, Funeral Director, Owner with sons, Kemp David, Funeral Director & Dexter David, Funeral Service Trainee.
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Family Owned & Operated
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Dickens Gas
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THE NASHVILLE GRAPHIC VOLUME 122– NO. 37
Nash County’s First Newspaper – Since 1895 • NASHVILLE, NC
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
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NRMS noted as low performing district BY AMANDA CLARK GRAPHIC STAFF WRITER
Preliminary data released by the State Board of Education have the Nash-Rocky Mount School System once again on the list of low-performing districts. This is the third year the school system has been on the list. Low-performing schools are that receive a School Perfor-
mance Grade of D or F and do not exceed growth. Low-performing districts are districts where the majority of schools received a School Performance Grade and have been For the 2016-2017 school year, 505 schools in North Carolina forming and 11 districts were low performing, both up from 489 schools and 10 districts in the 2015-2016. The number of recurring low-performing
schools increased from 415 in 2015-16 to 468 in 2016-17. Accountability for the NashRocky Mount School District, presented the information to the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education last Thursday night at the board’s regular meeting. ”This year we have 24 replained. “Our K-2 schools do not report so they are not considered reporting schools.”
HELPING OTHERS
“Thirteen of our 24 schools met or exceeded growth,” cent of our schools met or exceeded growth this year.” Eleven of the schools reporting received a “D” or an “F” letter grade and were considered not exceeding growth. “That’s 58% of our popula-
performing school as one with a “D” or an “F” and does not
exceed growth. “If the formula were “D” or “F: and met or exceeded we would have 33 percent,” GrifSchool Performance Grades are based 80 percent on the school’s achievement score and 20 percent on students academic growth. The only exception to this is if a school meets expected growth but inclusion of the school’s growth reduces the school’s See NRMS page 10-A
Local woman launches Autism support group BY AMANDA CLARK GRAPHIC STAFF WRITER A retired educator has started an autism support group to provide resources and support to Nash County residents. Barbara Batts recently started up the Nash County Chapter for the Autism Society of North Carolina. The goal of the Autism Society of North Carolina is to improve the
lives of individuals with autism, support their families, and educate communities. Batts said she decided to start the group because she has a nine-yearold grandson with autism. “I saw my family needed support and talked to other people that wanted to share their stories,” Batts said. “And they wanted support too.” See SUPPORT page 10-A
Nashville Hometown In this era of tweets and all the other Heroes& 5Ktext is Saturday electronic media and communication, it’s good to know you can still enjoy that morning BY AMANDA CLARK GRAPHIC STAFF WRITER
HARVEY RELIEF - Students in the National Honor Society at Northern Nash High School decided they wanted to play a role in collecting items for victims of Hurricane Harvey. On Friday, students from the Honor Society, along with Skills
If you haven’t made plans to participate in Nashville Elementary School’s Hometown Heroes 5K race, don’t worry, there’s still time. Registration will be accepted on Saturday morning, September 16 until 7 a.m., just before the race. The second annual Hometown Heroes Race will kick off at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The 5K course will start behind Nashville Elementary School, on E. Green
A one-mile run follows the 5K race. That race will also begin near
Awards will be presented following the race. Awards will be given to the overall top three male
three male and females in each age group category. In addition, all students participating ages 13 and younger will receive a special award for participating. So far, Carrie Morningstar, one See 5K page 10-A
School system receives
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MONUMENTS An Everlasting Memory Monument Company LLC Monuments u Grave Markers Mausoleums u Inscriptions Pet Memorials 1036 N. Winstead Ave - Rocky Mount, NC 27804 ~ Locally Family Owned and Operated ~ Michelle Viverette-Strickland u 252-937-7399 Mstrickland609@aol.com www.aneverlastingmemory.net
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