I attended the Douglas County Board of Education’s business meeting last might anticipating a vote on a resolution for a $122 million Special Purpose Local Option Sales (SPLOST) Referendum to take place in November. The vote never happened.
The issue was on the agenda and it was reported by the media that a vote would take place. Board members were also expecting a vote but due to concerns from members Mike Miller and D.T. Jackson the agenda turned to discussion only.
Miller was concern that the board and the public were never given information to explain what was being voted on and what projects were needed. Nor did the resolution state an actually guarantee of a 50/50 split of the revenue. School superintendent Gordon Pritz has publicly stated the proposal was to split the SPLOST money 50/50 between bond debt reductions and school system improvements. Read the rest of this entry »
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