The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, October 31, 1995              TAG: 9510310305
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
TYPE: Local Briefs 
DATELINE: ELIZABETH CITY                     LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

SCHOOLS WIN BIG

Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools grabbed the gold ring at a ceremony honoring the state's most innovative schools in Raleigh last week.

Governor James B. Hunt Jr. named the district the top entrepreneurial schools winner in the state, from a field of a dozen schools and systems chosen for entrepreneurial awards.

Elizabeth City-Pasquotank had sent nearly 25 people to the reception where the announcement was made, School-Community Relations Director Charles White said Monday.

``Of all the school districts that were chosen . . . our school district went beyond the high level of quality'' required for the awards, White said. ``It's an incredible feeling for something like that to happen.'' by CNB