Teaching moment: Apex school sign error makes for good spelling lesson
School isn't in session yet at the yet-to-open Apex Friendship Elementary School, but some are getting a lesson in quality control.
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A photo of a misspelled sign drew attention among Triangle friends on social media on Wednesday.
The sign read:
APEX FIRENDSHIP
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Typos happen, but you'd like to catch one of this magnitude before it's placed in front of the school. Several branded Facebook pages posted photos of the sign to their account, including 'The State You're In.'
Lisa Luten with Wake County Public School System said the sign has already been taken down as of Wednesday afternoon, so most scurrying by for a picture are out of luck. However, it wasn't too late for a couple who were able to snap photos.
Luten explained to WRAL News how the school system works congruently with a contracting company, in this case Barnhill Contracting Company out of Raleigh, who collaborates with an architect and a cast stone fabricator, who is believed to be responsible for the mistake.
A contractor and project manager have to approve of the sign at the school once it's completed, which they obviously did not do upon seeing the error.
Luten said the school is awaiting a new sign, which they hope will arrive next week.
Apex Friendship Elementary, which neighbors the high school and middle school bearing the same name, is set to open for the upcoming school year.
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