600 kids set to get free shoes
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DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) Sherard Johnson, a former teacher at Neal Middle School, is making sure underprivileged children in Durham are ready to put their best foot forward.
“Each year on the first day of school, I would see behavioral issues from different students because they would have low self-esteem and confidence from the clothes they wore and the shoes they wore,” Johnson said.
Two years ago, the 30-year-old launched Project 300 through his nonprofit RNS Sports.
He told ABC11 that his idea for the project came from a dream. The vision: Gather community donations and support to provide at least 300 children with a brand new pair of shoes
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VIENNA School officials are discussing options with district buildings and properties, including eliminating one building as a cost-savings measure.
School Superintendent Russell McQuaide and members of the Mathews Board of Education are considering going from three school buildings to two and also possibly putting up for sale some land behind the school administration building off Cadwallader Sonk Road.
The district has Currie Elementary School in Fowler for kindergarten to second grades, Baker Elementary School in Vienna for grades three to six and Mathews High School in Vienna for grades seven to 12.
Being proposed is to use Baker for housing kindergarten to fifth and the high school for sixth to 12th, and closing Currie.