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RALEIGH—Supporters of the N.C. Governor's School have raised about half of the money needed to keep the program open next year.
 
The state budget eliminates the program's $850,000 annual funding. State Superintendent June Atkinson said she has no choice but to shut the program down if supporters could not come up with $100,000 by Aug. 1 to keep the program going.

The program offers the state's brightest high school students six-week summer study courses in a variety of subjects that range from music to math.

"We've really just gotten underway. Emails to our alumni are going out today and we've got letters going out sometime this week to try to meet that deadline," said Governor's School Alumni Association President Jim Hart.

That money would keep the doors open but may not keep the school the same. According to Governor’s School East On-Site Director Michael McElreath, the school might convert to one campus and be forced to decrease enrollment.

While administrators do not want budget woes on the minds of their students, many are worried.

"It's the best six weeks of my life, and thinking that my little brother, who’s 14, might not have the opportunity to do this when he’s a rising senior is really difficult for me," said Mount Airy High School Student Shelley McCluskey.

The school is in its 49th year.