April 2010

Before any heavy equipment got to work, 19 ceremonial shovels were the first tools used in the construction of a new Rocky Mount High School.

  Angry parents marched from Oakman Elementary School to city hall demanding answers to why construction on their school has been stopped, and why thousands of dollars in school funding will be spent on a city permit. “We are doing a march because the mayor has decided she is now going to ask for 50-k dollars for a building permit,” says Jennifer Kimbrell a parent.   “We are being told Monday …