Picard Elementary News Today

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MAIDEN — Archery is a big deal and a growing sport in the Catawba Valley. As proof, nearly 400 elementary, middle, and high school student archers from Burke, Caldwell, and

North Vermilion High: 706 "Weve never had an elementary that big," Winters said. "We just dont normally have schools that big. Its a scary thought." Its scary, she said, because "the infrastructure is not set up to take care of that many kids." The schools have been making it work with portable buildings and staggered lunchtimes in the cafeteria.. Its a hotspot to build Census data show that Maurice has grown significantly over the last 10 years. Its population more than doubled — 824 peo...