BOE moves forward with levy plan
Suzanne Stewart
Staff Writer
At the Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting Monday night, the board discussed the upcoming excess levy for the school and received an update on how the funding will be used if it is passed in the November election.
Treasurer Sherry Radcliff reported that the School Building Authority [SBA] has approved $11 million for Phase One of the renovation plan for school buildings. Phase One will fund renovations to Marlinton Middle School and Green Bank Elementary-Middle School.
Phase Two is for renovations to Pocahontas County High School or construction of a new high school facility.
If passed, the levy will raise more than $9 million, which will cover matching funds for both phases. The levy is designed to cover both phases because the SBA is more likely to fund the high school project if the matching funds are already in place.
“We’re putting all our eggs in one basket, trying to get one levy passed,” Superintendent Terrence Beam said. “[SBA executive director David Sneed] told me, after consulting with the architects, that they are very concerned about the condition of the high school being so bad that renovations won’t be enough to fix it.”
When the levy was first drafted, the plan was to simply renovate PCHS. Now, Beam said Sneed suggested the board apply to get a new facility built.
“The question I had for him was, ‘how much money do we have to come up with on our side of it to get a new high school,’” Beam said. “[Sneed] said, ‘we understand that these rural counties don’t have the tax base to come up with the kind of money for a fifty-fifty split.’ If we run this levy and pass it, it’ll be done. He led me to believe that they would be very supportive in trying to get our high school done at the same time.”
Beam added that Sneed offered to attend a board meeting to discuss the changes with the board.
The excess levy will be placed on the November ballot.
LOL Norman what is your platform? Is it no levy for the school or That you hate trans kids ? Which is it ?
ReplyDeleteWhats your tax the citizen's till they can not afford anything to eat but beans and ramen noodles.
ReplyDeleteI cant speak for Norman but when boys can go into little girls restrooms and men. can I think that's an issue you seem to support it.
You must not have children do you belong to your local perverts R Us and let's tax the hell out of the people. Typical jackass posting that's all I can say about you.
D.S.
I won't believe the BOE needs money until it sells off the excess property it owns, like the big parcel in Green Bank. That property sits un-taxed and un-used because the government (the BOE) owns it.
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