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EDUCATION
Board: Private school vouchers hurt public schools
The chairman of the Wilson County Board of Education called the continued erosion of public school funding to pay for financial subsidies for parents who send their children to private schools “a total disrespect for the job that public education does for all children.” Christine Fitch, chairman of the Wilson County Board of Education, made the statement after the board […] The post Board: Private school vouchers hurt public schools first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Team goals: Wilson Prep’s 5 starters all to play college hoops
Perhaps even more remarkable than Wilson Prep’s accomplishment of winning back-to-back state 1-A championships in basketball is that all six of its seniors are going to college. All five starters — Brandon Anderson, David Ellis, Ben Ferguson, Josh Hicks and Leslie Minter — have earned basketball scholarships, which may be unprecedented in Wilson County, while Khristian Woodard landed an academic […] The post Team goals: Wilson Prep’s 5 starters all to play college hoops first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Sophomore forward Clarence Rosser Jr. has lofty goals
ROCKY MOUNT — Clarence Rosser Jr. had quite a first year of high school. Rosser, who goes by C.J., made a name for himself last August at the CP3 Rising Stars Camp. Being a tall slender forward from the eastern part of the state, it was easy to link him to former Kinston (N.C.) High star Brandon Ingram, who went on to Duke and the New Orleans Pelicans. But it took Ingram time, but Rosser has gotten the attention of recruiting gurus and colleges coaches even faster than Ingram did in the class of 2015.
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