Nine school districts, including three in eastern North Carolina, will share more than $300 million in new state lottery-funded grant awards for school construction, renovation projects, and other capital improvements.
Many were in areas hard hit by natural disasters in recent years.
The Greene County School District was awarded $50 million to build a new high school to replace the existing one; Pamlico County Schools receives $50 million to build a new 6-12 school, which will replace two existing buildings; Tyrrell County Schools will get 350-thousand to build a new Career Technical Education center that will serve the high school and early college
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt said many students in North Carolina attend schools built decades ago, and these grants are paying for schools designed and built for the 21st century.
