Weathers Creek High

[Vik-Val 86]

What has been taking a long time to build now they are getting closer with coming up with a tight budget of $130 million. The athletic fields are not included. It was around $190 million with athletic fields. It was mentioned that will try and work on something so they can have athletic fields included. It could take up to 30 months starting on it. Or possibly sooner

 

[84k]

My concern, will it be too small. With only a 1600 student capacity will that be big enough or are they not expecting much growth in that area.

 

[REWhitley]

My concern, will it be too small. With only a 1600 student capacity will that be big enough or are they not expecting much growth in that area.

Like most things in my beloved Iredell County, it will be full and various schools will remain over crowded the day this school is opened. Great foresight at play here.

 

[REWhitley]

57 or 58 yeas ago, Iredell County had the following high schools:
Cool Springs, Harmony, Union Grove, Central, Scotts, Celeste Hinkle, Statesville, Troutman, Mooresville, Unity and Morningside. I believe that is 11.
Today counting Weathers Creek (of course not built yet) you have:
North Iredell, West Iredell, South Iredell, Statesville, Mooresville and Lake Norman plus Weathers Creek. I believe that is 7.

I just wonder what would have been the financial plus and/or minus if the powers that be at that time had just added on to the schools they had at that time, not bused kids like myself 20 plus miles to North Iredell (from Cool Springs), a school in the middle of absolutely nowhere, not have had had to buy all those new sites, etc.
I do not have the answer but it sure would be an interesting study and look back. But I remember one of the big reasons given was heating cost. It did not take but one year for that argument to be shredded.

 

[REWhitley]

Also it should be noted that Morningside and Unity were the "Black" high schools. Morningside (the city school) could have easily been merged with Statesville Senior High while the respective county schools could have easily handled their share of students from Unity without overtaxing any school. If there was a "Black" high school in Mooresville I am not aware of it.

Over the years I have moved more and more strongly in favor of 600 to 800/900 population high schools. Of course this is a person opinion but it is where I believe a school reaches the max amount of opportunities for the maximum number of students, be it drama, coral, sports, special classes, etc.

 

[OptionFreak]

. If there was a "Black" high school in Mooresville I am not aware of it.

Dunbar

 

[Vik-Val 86]

With all the building going on down here. Now will be a good time for all these builders to go up to the mountains and help build back and leave this area along.

 

[fitguync30]

Also it should be noted that Morningside and Unity were the "Black" high schools. Morningside (the city school) could have easily been merged with Statesville Senior High while the respective county schools could have easily handled their share of students from Unity without overtaxing any school. If there was a "Black" high school in Mooresville I am not aware of it.

Over the years I have moved more and more strongly in favor of 600 to 800/900 population high schools. Of course this is a person opinion but it is where I believe a school reaches the max amount of opportunities for the maximum number of students, be it drama, coral, sports, special classes, etc.

I like your idea of 600 to 800/900 students at a high school and keeping things more intimate between the staff and students and where more attention can be provided. The only problem with that is it seems like there would dozens and dozens of high schools in high population areas like Mecklenburg, Wake and Guilford Counties. It is probably more cost effective to have one huge high school with 2700 students rather than three high schools with 900 students each.