GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 931 
SENATE BILL 709 

AN ACT REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF THE STONEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE MADISON-MAYODAN CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT; PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OF CAREER TEACHERS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT AND ASSIGNED TO THE STONEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT; CHANGING THE NAME OF THE "MADISON-MAYODAN CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT" TO THE "WESTERN ROCKINGHAM CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT"; CHANGING THE NAME OF THE "MADISON-MAYODAN CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION" TO THE "WESTERN ROCKINGHAM CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION"; PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN ROCKINGHAM CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION; ESTABLISHING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE WESTERN ROCKINGHAM CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

Whereas, the State Board of Education on April 4, 1984, approved the transfer of the Stoneville School Attendance District from the Rockingham County administrative unit to the Madison-Mayodan City School administrative unit pursuant to G.S. 115C-73; Now, therefore, 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Effective July 1, 1984, the name of the Madison-Mayodan City school administrative unit shall be changed to the Western Rockingham City school administrative unit.  Also effective July 1, 1984, the name of the Madison-Mayodan City Board of Education shall be changed to the Western Rockingham City Board of Education.  Also effective July 1, 1984, all land, buildings, and fixtures, and all books, equipment, and other personal property of the Rockingham County School Administrative Unit, located within the Stoneville School Attendance District shall become the sole property of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education.  All rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of the Madison-Mayodan City Board of Education adopted prior to and effective upon July 1, 1984, shall remain in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1984, unless repealed or modified by the Western Rockingham City Board of Education. 
Sec. 2.  Effective July 1, 1984, the Western Rockingham City Board of Education shall employ, and pursuant to G.S. 115C- 325(c)(2) confer career status upon, any career teacher (as that term is defined in G.S. 115C-325(a)(1)) employed by the Rockingham County Board of Education and assigned exclusively to a school within the Stoneville School Attendance District for the 1983-84 school year who has not been dismissed or demoted pursuant to G.S. 115C-325 and who desires to become an employee of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education.  Any such career teacher so employed by the Western Rockingham City Board of Education shall be subject to all employment rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and benefits applicable to career teachers presently employed by the Madison-Mayodan City Board of Education and such career teacher's years of employment by the Rockingham County Board of Education shall be included in determining the seniority status of such career teacher. 
Sec. 3.  (a)  Effective July 1, 1984, the number of members of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education shall be seven.  The membership of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education shall be composed initially of the five persons serving as members of the Madison-Mayodan City Board of Education as of July 1, 1984, and two additional persons appointed by the aforesaid five members of the Madison-Mayodan City Board of Education.  Each of the persons so appointed shall be a resident of the Stoneville School Attendance District.  One of the persons so appointed shall serve as a member of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education until the first regularly scheduled meeting of said Board of Education in January 1987.  The other person so appointed shall serve as a member of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education until the first regularly scheduled meeting of said Board of Education in January 1985. Such appointment shall not be deemed to disqualify the appointee from seeking election to the Western Rockingham City Board of Education. 
(b)	In the general election in November 1984, two members of the present Madison-Mayodan City Board of Education are to be elected, one of whom represents the Town of Mayodan and the other of whom represents the Madison-Mayodan City administrative unit at large. These members shall be elected as scheduled in November 1984, and shall serve upon the Western Rockingham City Board of Education for a term of four years. 
(c)	Also, elected in the general election in November 1984 shall be one additional person to serve on the Western Rockingham City Board of Education for a term of four years. The person so elected in November 1984 shall be a resident of the Stoneville School Attendance District. In subsequent elections, any person residing in the Western Rockingham City administrative unit shall be eligible for this seat and the person so elected shall represent the Western Rockingham City administrative unit at large. Any person who desires to be a candidate for this seat in the November 1984 general election shall file a notice of candidacy with the Rockingham County Board of Elections on or before August 1, 1984. 
(d)	In the general election in November 1986, the remaining four members of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education shall be elected for a term of four years. One of these members shall be a resident of the Town of Madison; one of these members shall be a resident of the Town of Stoneville; and two of these members shall be a resident of the Western Rockingham City administrative unit at large. Each candidate shall indicate in his notice of candidacy the area which he wishes to represent on said Board of Education. 
(e)	All vacancies in the membership of the Western Rockingham City Board of Education, except as shall occur upon the expiration of a term of office, shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of said Board of Education. Each appointee shall be a resident of the same geographic boundary area as the member replaced and shall serve for the unexpired term of the member replaced. 
(f)	All qualified voters residing in the Western Rockingham City administrative unit shall be eligible to vote in all elections for membership to the Western Rockingham City Board of Education. The nonpartisan plurality method as set forth in Article 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina shall be applicable to all elections for membership to the Western Rockingham City Board of Education except as otherwise provided herein. 
Sec. 4.  Effective July 1, 1984, the following specifically described areas shall constitute the Western Rockingham City administrative unit: 
The POINT OF BEGINNING is the common corner of Stokes County and Rockingham County in the North Carolina-Virginia state line; and proceeding from said POINT OF BEGINNING South with the common boundary of Stokes County and Rockingham County to the common corner of Stokes County, Rockingham County, Forsyth County, and Guilford County; then proceeding East with the common boundary of Rockingham county and Guilford County to the center of U.S. Highway #220; then proceeding North with the center of U.S. Highway #220 to its intersection with Jacob's Creek; then proceeding Northeast with Jacob's Creek, passing N.C.S.R. #2337 (Irene Williams Road), N.C.S.R. #2336 (Gold-Hill Baggage Road), N.C.S.R. #2334 (Marvin Angel Road), N.C.S.R. #2327 (Kellam Mill Road), and N.C.S.R. #2316 (Bethany Road), to the center of N.C. Highway #704 (Jacob's Creek bridge); then proceeding East with the center of N.C. Highway #704 to its second intersection with N.C.S.R. #2190; then proceeding North across private property to a point in the center of the Dan River which is the common corner of the Deep Springs Country Club Estates property and the G. W. Broadnax property; then proceeding Northeast with the Dan River to the Western boundary of the Eden City Schools administrative unit; then proceeding Northwest with the boundary of the Eden City Schools administrative unit to its intersection with the North Carolina-Virginia state line; then proceeding West with the North Carolina-Virginia state line to the aforesaid POINT OF BEGINNING. 
For reference to the description of the boundaries of the Eden City Schools administrative unit, see Chapter 57 of the 1929 Private Laws. 
Sec. 5.  The General Assembly urges that Madison-Mayodan High School and Stoneville High School not be consolidated until an adequate and conveniently located replacement facility is constructed. 
Sec. 6.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 7.  Chapter 783, Session Laws of 1983, is repealed. 
Sec. 8.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1984.