This is one that I first wondered when I discovered Carova. Do people actually try to raise children in this type of environment? The answer is YES! And, from what I’ve seen, they do a great job. The parents basically have 3 options to them.
1. They can drive their children down the beach to the Winks on the “hard Surface” road, and from there the child can catch a school bus to one of the Dare County schools. I know one family doing this and they have to leave the house by 5:40 AM to catch the bus at 6:00. If traffic is good the bus comes back at 5:10, so the kids can get home be 5:30. There is a lot of road work in Duck going on right now, and it has been 5:30 and latter that I have seen the buss pull out of Winks to finally head back South.
2. They can take their children in across the sound to Knotts Island, and from there the child can catch a school bus to one of the Currituck County Schools. I know several families that choose this method. Some of the even “Boat Pool”. The water in Knotts Island bay is very shallow and if the winds are blowing the right direction, the only thing making it across is an air boat. Which some of them luckily have access to. Also you have to figure that these are all basically skiffs and there is little if any protection from the elements when crossing the water in the rain and it’s 35 degrees outside standing still.
3. The third option is Home schooling. I know a couple of families going that rout also.
No matter which method they choose, it takes a special kind of parent to commit to giving their child a good education in this far away from the conveniences of other areas, and they ALL deserve admiration.
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