Idea would trim, continue Governor’s School
A summer academic enrichment program that North Carolina taxpayers have provided for hundreds of students each year could continue despite a funding cutoff by state budget-writers.
A task force figuring out a way to keep Governor’s School alive next year is recommending that the State Board of Education turn to private contributions.
The traditional six-week program operates at Salem College in Winston-Salem and Meredith College in Raleigh. Hosting the 600 to 800 students has cost about $1.5 million.
The committee is recommending a foundation raise a minimum of $550,000 from contributors. That’s enough to run a reduced program of 300 students on one campus, with students contributing $500, as they do now.
More than 31,000 students have gone through the academic and arts courses in the summer program since 1963.
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