Mary Kate Murphy,
The Pilot
After a year and a half of construction, the only thing now missing at the new Southern Pines Elementary School campus is the students themselves.
Across the building’s front parking lot, just off of a brand-new extension of Carlisle Street, a crowd of more than 200 people spaced out in front of the building entryway for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on Wednesday morning.
Moore County Schools plans to fill the new campus’ classrooms four days a week in January, barring a change in the state’s directives for schools operating during the coronavirus pandemic. The kindergarteners, first- and second-graders will come from Southern Pines Primary a few blocks away. Third- through fifth-grade students will move over from the old Southern Pines Elementary on May Street.
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