Board members push for additional review of Catawba school merger plan

Hickory City Schools Board of Education Chair Amanda McGuire and members Roger Young, Jane Everson and Mike Heard listen as attorney Jason White reads from the resolution requesting a study of merging Catawba County's school systems. (Billy Chapman)

By WSOCTV.com News Staff

CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. — Hickory school board members want another study to be conducted about the merging of three schools in Catawba County.

According to the Hickory Daily Record, the request is different from the study the county is expected to receive next month.

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That study is supposed to show projected enrollment, as well as capacity in Hickory City Schools.

District leaders said they want a study on the impact of federal and state funding if the systems are consolidated.

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