Video: Lottery money helps pay for new high school in Davie County

September 25, 2017 Posted by NC Lottery at 9:29 AM

Playing the lottery helps support education in North Carolina.

When you play the lottery, you also help fund school construction across the state. Since the lottery started, it has raised more than $1.2 billion for these projects.

Davie County High School opened to students in August thanks in part to lottery funding. The new building is 335,000 square-feet. It has 12 science classrooms with lab space as well as 26 classrooms dedicated to career and technical education. There’s an outdoor courtyard and an auditorium that seats 750.

“It’s surreal. It’s wonderful,” one teacher told the Winston-Salem Journal. “I feel like a first-year teacher, and I’ve taught for 32 years.”

This year, $130 million of the money raised by the lottery will help build and repair schools across the state. You can find out how lottery dollars benefit your county by going to our website: http://www.nc-educationlottery.org

Thank you for playing and supporting education in North Carolina!

17 COMMENTS

4/04/2018 02:28 - Eulas L.

I am a proud graduate of Davie Co. High School June 4, 1996. I was student athlete who spent well over half of my high school years in the old classrooms in G building and countless hours in wrestling practice in the small ran down lockeroom that was also being used by the football and basketball players. The addition of the classrooms, gym, was desperately needed over 20 years ago.I am glad to know that the students now have the space they need, however, I agree that the nc lottery should have paid for it all. Davie Co residents should not have increased taxes for something that the "NC EDUCATION LOTTERY " should have paid for with their pocket change..

1/10/2018 03:35 - barbara f.

That's what Alamance County could use

9/29/2017 09:43 - michael e.

With all this big money coming in looks like there will be more winners Right ?? I do hope so could use some more money to pay bills thanks

9/29/2017 03:37 - pat d.

on the second chance games that tbd will they ever do these games some have been there for a while, just wondering why they are still tbd.thanks NC Lottery
Hi there. Great question! All that TBD means is to be determined, so we will be doing those drawings, but the draw date is TBD. As soon as we have updated draw dates, we will keep you posted right here :)

9/27/2017 06:07 - Mike S.

Winner2B - your suggestion has been requested many times, including myself. It's a very easy thing to do but for some reason NCEL doesn't want to listen to their customers. But if you point out some wrongdoing they immediately jump on it and issue an "oh we're sorry".

9/26/2017 03:12 - William D.

Thanks for passing my suggestion, hope they really consider it since it would save a lot of time for the Zone and for the players.

9/26/2017 01:38 - stephane d.

I applaud the lottery commission on all the things they have done for schools and the school system. Out of curiosity, how much money does the lottery take in on a daily basis? NC Lottery
Average daily sales last year, $6.6 million. Total sales for year: $2.4 billion in sales. Of that, $1.54 million to prizes, $622 million raised for education; and $169 million in commissions for retailers. We post our Annual Report and annual financial audit online at: http://www.nc-educationlottery.org/about.aspx

9/26/2017 01:34 - Mike S.

If school boards would be realistic and not hold taxpayers hostage based on their perceived best interest of the kids there would be more money to pay for teachers. This Taj Mahal cost the Davie county taxpayers $63.2M (and raised taxes) and boasts a 4,000 seat football stadium, a 2,000 seat gym and a coffee shop - you'll see the stadium named after the superintendent when all is said and done.

9/26/2017 09:57 - Michael B.

When are Christmas lottery scratch offs coming out ?NC Lottery
That would be First Tuesday in November.

9/26/2017 09:45 - Chhunheng S.

I always play It :)

9/26/2017 07:51 - Sheryl A.

A $10 Million Dollar Fever ticket won one of the top 1 million dollar prizes. The Lottery Board posted that the prize was won from the $2,500 A Week for Life...which is not a $10 ticket. Is that a mistake or did both the $5 & d10 tickets get sold to winners? NC Lottery
It was a glitch. It is fixed now. Thanks for letting us know.

9/26/2017 12:58 - Elsie S.

Let's use some of the money to recruit the best teachers. It's great to have brick, stones, and mortal but if it is not filled with the best of the best teachers then that what we end up with mortal bricks. I await your response. Let's add the brightest teachers available. Every time I buy a lottery ticket I have thought about let's spend the money on the teachers and the kids. I await to hear your response. It like we have things backwards. Invest in the kids, teachers, parents. NC Lottery
Thanks, Greenlady, for sharing your thoughts. The lottery doesn't decide how the money is used. Last year, the lottery raised $622 million. The money goes to the state and each year in the state budget legislators decide how to best use it. School construction is one use this year. The money also goes to each school system to support noninstructional staff and school transportation. It's also used for college scholarships and grants based on financial need. And it supports the NC Pre-K Program for four-year-olds.

9/26/2017 12:26 - Elsie S.

I think using the money for a new school is awesome. However; I would prefer to see the money invested in recruiting of teachers. The school is a building and each student who sits in the class room with exceptional teaching skills and devoted to their love for teaching and is being taught school lessons is a much more return for your money. A building is a building but great teachers are quitting by the hand fulls due to low salary and the benefits they have. I hope you NC Lottery y'all think out side of the box and consider a portion of the money to be shared with conceptional teachers. Make the school beautiful I get it but I would love to see the teachers salary go up and we can have the best of the best to teach. One last think when you have low paying jobs you can't expect to attract the qualified teachers so just saying give it a thought why not they have a tough job let's give teacher extra money to invest in the kids. I remember when a teacheer

9/25/2017 08:41 - William D.

Suggestion since a lot of people including myself ask how many in a certain drawing. How about adding a section in each drawing a running total of entrants. Where everybody sees their own total in the winner sections.NC Lottery
Thanks for the suggestion. It has been shared with the folks who handle our website.

9/25/2017 04:32 - Vivian n.

Congrats

9/25/2017 01:37 - Michael B.

#1- can you buy advance play tickets from lottery machines ? #2- when can we expect the Christmas “ Jingle Bells “ tickets to come into play ? NC Lottery
#1 If you are talking about lottery vending machines, you can only do multi-draw on the touch screen. But the vending machines also accept play slips. So if you use a play slip and mark advance play, then you can insert the play slip into the vending machine. #2 Holiday tickets will be out on the First Tuesday in November.

9/25/2017 10:18 - carolyn b.

OH MY IF THEY WOULD HAVE KEPT UP THE OLD H/S WE WOULDNT HAVE NEEDED A NEW ONE!!!!!!! I LIVE IN DAVIE CO......

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Video: Lottery money helps pay for new high school in Davie County

September 25, 2017 Posted by NC Lottery at 9:29 AM