Nantahala School
Nantahala School is a small K–12 school in Topton, North Carolina. Located in a remote part of Macon County, it is situated amidst the Nantahala National Forest. The school has about 100 students. It is one of the state's few remaining K–12 schools.[1] The school is located at 213 Winding Stairs Road. In 2019, it had an 11 percent minority enrollment and 61 percent of students are economically disadvantaged.[2] The school has volleyball, cross country, basketball, and golf teams.[3] Alumni include Eric Rudolph[4][5] who dropped out of the school.[6] The school is part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and its teams compete as the Nantahala Hawks.
History
In 1913 Nantahala Township's schools were funded by taxes on residents and property holders.[7] In 1922, the need for Namtahala School facilities was documented.[8] In 1967, sending a Teacher Corps team to the school was proposed.[9]
Former student, teacher, principal, and school superintendent Chris Baldwin was interviewed about the school, the area, and his recollections of the school. He recalled it being heated with coal and driving students to the school on the windy scenic roads. He stated the school was established in 1961.[10]
Heath Shuler, a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, paid tribute to the boys basketball team in 2010 after it finished the season with 23 wins and 7 losses. More than half of the school's 18 boys were on the team.[11] In 2022 the school had a girls basketball team but not a boys team.[12]
Funding and small size
The school receives funding from the county in addition to state funding so that each grade has a teacher. Class sizes are small, often six or seven students in each. The school costs more per student to run than other school in the county, but consolidation is challenging due it being an hour away from other schools. Oracoke School, located on an island, one of the only other K-12 school in North Carolina. Jim Davis has sought additional state funding for the school to lessen the county's cost burden.[6]
Geography
The school is set amidst the Nantahala National Forest and was one of three remaining K-12 schools in North Carolina in 2013. It maintained a 100 percent graduation rate at that time.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Kasper, Andrew. "Isolated and remote, Macon spends a pretty penny to keep Nantahala School afloat". smokymountainnews.com.
- ↑ "Ranking". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ↑ "Client Challenge". www.macon.k12.nc.us.
- ↑ Schuster, Henry; Stone, Charles (March 31, 2005). "Hunting Eric Rudolph". Berkley Books – via Google Books.
- ↑ "The New Yorker". F-R Publishing Corporation. March 31, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Vaillancourt, Cory. "2003: The end of Eric Rudolph's run". www.smokymountainnews.com.
- ↑ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Private_Laws_of_the_State_of_North_Carol/4f9NAQAAIAAJ?hl=en
- ↑ Fox, Florence Cornelia; Gebhart, John Charles; Association, Music Teachers National; Requirements, National Committee on Mathematical; Hall, Percival; Lyman, Rollo La Verne; Gleim, Sophia Christena; Deffenbaugh, Walter Sylvanus; Rudd, Wortley Fuller; Fackenthall, Philip Frederic (March 31, 1922). "Salaries of Administrative Officers and Their Assistants in School Systems of Cities of 25,000 Inhabitants Or More". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ↑ Education, United States Congress Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Subcommittee on (March 31, 1967). "Education Legislation, 1967: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, First Session ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ↑ Parker, Caroline (December 7, 2023). "Reflections from a retired rural superintendent".
- ↑ Congress, United States (March 31, 2010). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Lady Bobcats win at home against Nantahala". Plateau Daily News. February 4, 2022.
Coordinates: 35°15′13″N 83°38′03″W / 35.2535°N 83.6342°W
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