Moving fourth graders wrong answer to Tanglewook crowding To the Editor,
I understand that during the next meeting of the Robeson County’s Board of Education, a vote will be taken over a suggestion to transfer Tanglewood’s fourth graders to Gilbert Carroll Middle. The rational behind the suggestion is because Tanglewood is overcrowded. I find this proposal almost corrupt.
It is true that Tanglewood Elementary (K-4) is crowded, and it probably has reached its capacity. The reason for that is beca...
A new use for prison? It is paradoxical that at the same time Robeson County residents are bracing to pick up a bill for a new county jail because the current one is too crowded, the state is considering closing the minimum-security prison just outside of Lumberton because there are too few inmates.
An earnest effort began last week to keep the Robeson Correctional Center open, with supporters asking local legislators to return to Raleigh and share with their pe...
