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Gateway Education Center Will Be Repaired, But At What Cost?

The Guilford County School Board voted to keep Gateway Education Center open and put $2 Million toward its repair.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — $2 Million sounds like a lot, but what will that cover?

At one point, it was said that Gateway would have to be closed altogether, but now repairs will be made.

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The money has to come from somewhere, and this time it's coming from the proposed Career and Technical Education Signature Academy program.

You may remember the district planned to start six academies next year, but now it will only be five.

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"It's hard because we have put a lot of effort into designing these programs and the principal and that community has already worked extensively to get the foundation for the academy. So it does make you feel a little disappointed and sad for the school and the community," said Tresha Layne, the Executive Director of Guilford County CTE.

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The community that won't have a CTE program is the community around Southeast High. However, the same program will be offered at Smith High School.

The school board approved moving $1.89 Million dollars from the CTE program and other bonds and dedicated it towards repairing the roof, gutters, and replacing windows at Gateway Education Center.

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Layne said giving up one of their first schools is a tough pill to swallow, but they do understand. 

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"It's a setback. It's my understanding this is a one-time ask so the way we designed the first phase is going to roll out differently than we anticipated so I could not tell you the future plan," said Layne.

Layne expects some students who were going to attend the southeast CTE program will decide to go a different route, but she also expects many to commute to the same program being held at Smith High School.

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