Kiwanis member plans shelters at school bus stops

Millard K. Ives Staff Writer
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Rain or shine, school children in Brunswick County may not have to worry about bad weather while waiting for the bus.

Brunswick County School Board members decided at their regular meeting Monday to allow a member of the Kiwanis Club to purchase protected shelters for school bus stops.

Superintendent Eddie Daniel said the school board could not stand in the way of letting Paul McClure provide the shelters.

"We can't approve or deny the shelters because we have no jurisdiction of the land," Mr. Daniel said.

Mr. McClure, of the Sunset Beach area, said he plans to provide funding in the name of the Kiwanis Club to provide 35 shelters for area school bus stops to protect children from inclement weather. The shelters cost $1,000 each.

"With the Kiwanis, children are priority No. 1," Mr. McClure said.

Mr. McClure plans to sell advertising space on the shelters to local businesses.

Mr. Daniel said the school system would not be liable for the shelters and said Mr. McClure would probably need permission from the property owners to construct the shelters.

Mr. McClure said his next stop will be the planning board to see what he would need to do to place the shelters in the county.

In other news, a medical professional and mother of two in the Brunswick School system asked the board to include the promotion of safe sex in its sex education curriculum.

Currently the school's curriculum focuses on abstinence.

Rita Eaker recited statistics on sexually transmitted diseases and said she was alarmed at the estimated number of diagnosed and undiagnosed cases of STDs, pregnancies and abortions among teenagers.

"I do feel abstinence is the best policy, but realistically, it is not always the best solution," Ms. Eaker said.

She said she would go to the state school board if Brunswick County school officials do not add the safe-sex promotion.

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