SCHOOLS/EDUCATION

LOUISBURG -- Youngsters enrolling in at least one kindergarten and one first grade class next year will have the opportunity to join a dual-language Spanish/English program that was approved last week by the Franklin County Board of Education.
The classes will be at Royal Elementary -- chosen because of its central Franklin County location -- and students will be picked via a lottery, which their parents must enter early next year.

A total of 15 students were saluted by the Franklin County Board of Education last week as those who best exemplified the featured characteristics of Self Control and Self Discipline in their respective schools.
The students each received a plaque and a bag of candy from Rhonda Schuhler, superintendent, and Elizabeth Keith, board chair, while the school board and audience clapped.