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.