- Shive Elementary School Principal Zebbie Bondurant moderates a group discussion on the school consolidation plan at East Rowan High earlier this month. Jon C. Lakey/Salisbury Post
Quotes of the week
“We don’t have wrecking balls out here, ready to go.”
— Zebbie Bondurant,
saying the use of “demolish” in school plans
gives people the wrong idea
“Teaching about the Holocaust is one of the things I feel I must do. Young faces, I would like to make a small dent in your thinking caps.”
— Zev Harel, Holocaust survivor,
addressing Carson High School students
“Having 1,000 elementary school kids is not what I would say is an optimal education experience.”
— Jane Britt, at meeting
about school consolidation
“Sometimes you can win and still lose.”
— Coach Bryan Withers,
on uneven level of play in Salisbury High boys’
basketball victory over West Davidson.
“We have not lost hope. We have not quit working. We are going to find out who took this bright light from our community.”
— Salisbury Mayor Al Heggins,
on the unsolved 2016 murder of
7-year-old A’yanna Allen
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