A proposal to add a K-5 Christian school draws controversy in Carolina Beach

"By taking money away from our public schools and giving them to private schools, it's not helping to fulfill that mandate."

New Hanover County School board member Tim Merrick does not like the idea of Seaside Chapel in Carolina Beach, wanting to add a private school K-5 to its church. Merrick, who is speaking as a concerned resident- not a school board member, was at the Carolina Beach town meeting Wednesday night, which had an item to “consider a K-5 school at 105 Dow Road at Seaside Chapel” on the agenda.