A few days later, the Guilford County commissioners met in a formal joint committee meeting with school board members and had one key message for the school leaders: Start communicating much better with local residents who are being affected by school board projects. In late April, a group of residents in the western part of Guilford County, where the school is to be located, heard presentations from school board members – and the local residents had a string of objections to the plans: the roads were too narrow and dangerous for the added traffic the curriculum plans for the school had been changed the school would alter the essential nature of the area, and the schedule presented to the public suggested that it may not even serve students until as late as 2027.įollowing that meeting, a group of irate county residents came and spoke at the Guilford County commissioners meeting, as speakers from the floor, and the commissioners heard their concerns. Johnson K-8 School – which has been a matter of a good deal of controversy lately.

Guilford County Schools officials will have that chance to make a new and better impression to residents near Colfax, when they hold a new community meeting on the proposed Katherine G. You only get one chance in life to make a first impression, but one good thing about life is that you do eventually get to make a second impression as well.

Do-over by Amy Lane