Three speakers at School Board redistricting hearing | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

    Beaufort County Schools held a public hearing to afford members of the public to offer comments and suggestions on the redistricting of electoral districts for the school board for the next decade. The meeting was held at Washington High School Monday night (10-17-11). About a dozen people showed up, other than those on the payroll. All board members were present. Three people spoke. Below are the video clips from the meeting.

    Superintendent Dr. Don Phipps opened the meeting and explained the purpose of the program. He introduced board attorney Deborah Stagner of the Raleigh law firm of Tharrington Smith, LLP who made a brief presentation you can watch in the first clip.

    Before watching the presentation you may wish to review an earlier article that contains links to the materials that are being talked about. You can do so by clicking here.

    Here's the first clip:



    In the second clip you will see the presentations by Velma Hickman, Greg Dority and Bill Sprenkle. Dority is Chairman of the Beaufort County Republican Party.



    In the third clip, following the speakers, Ms. Stagner offers some follow-up comments and then Dr. Phipps adjourns the meeting.