Cape Hatteras Secondary School is a public middle and high school in Buxton, on Cape Hatteras in Dare County, North Carolina. It is a part of Dare County Schools. It serves grades 6 through 12. Its attendance boundary includes areas in the county on islands south of the Oregon Inlet Bridge.[1] This includes the census-designated places of Buxton, Avon, Frisco, Hatteras, Rodanthe, Salvo, and Waves.
History
editAn older set of buildings were built beginning in 1955, and by the mid-2000s Cape Hatteras Secondary was the oldest school structure in the school district. In 1993 Hurricane Emily flooded the building.[2]
There was a single K-12 school, Cape Hatteras School, but it since 1997 was administratively divided into elementary and secondary divisions.[3]
In 2003 Hurricane Isabel tore a channel between Hatteras and the school building, and therefore for a two-month period boats were used to transport students.[2]
From 2005 to 2007 the district renovated portions and demolished others, spending a total of almost $30 million, far larger than the initial $5.3 million anticipated renovation. In 2007 it had about 350 students.[2]
By 2019 the school was having a new media center built.[4] Hurricane Dorian damaged the campus, with older portions generally more severely impacted. About $400,000 damage was done to the roof.[5] The roof of the media center had been affected.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Attendance Zone Information". Dare County Schools. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
Cape Hatteras Secondary School -- All areas South of the Oregon Inlet Bridge
- ^ a b c "Cape Hatteras Secondary goes back to school in style". The Virginian-Pilot. August 26, 2007. Archived from the original on January 15, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Home". Hatteras School. October 11, 2004. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
- ^ "Future view of Cape Hatteras Secondary media center". The Coastland Times. February 24, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Puleo, Danielle (September 16, 2019). "Dorian leaves its mark on Cape Hatteras Secondary Secondary". The Coastland Times. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ Goodloe-Murphy, Mary Helen (February 17, 2020). "Cape Hatteras Secondary on the way to full recovery". The Coastland Times. Retrieved April 13, 2021.