Record #:

4000

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Gordon Smith III of Raleigh has raised $36.5 million for his nonprofit Exploris, Inc., which operates a charter school and a children's museum in downtown Raleigh. The school opened in 1997 and the Exploris Museum soon after. Both will specialize in international education. Smith is the great-grandson of education governor Charles Brantley Aycock.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p56, por

Subject(s):

Charter schools--Raleigh; Exploris, Inc. (Raleigh); Children's museums--Raleigh