'A perfect storm'
LUMBERTON — Parents of schoolchildren in Robeson County are irate after school officials eliminated five schools because of declining enrollment.Faced with a budget deficit of more than $2 million and declining student numbers, the Robeson County Board of Education has decided to shut down the schools.Officials say the declining population is tied to several factors, with the displacement of families from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence last year […]
