Both schools have been open since the beginning of the school year and are part of phase 4 of the school board’s pay-as-you -go program, funded by a county-wide penny sales tax.
Tyler said the school system was about to fall off a cliff and shut down or see schools consolidate before voters agreed to initiate the tax.
“The County Commission stepped forward and continued that penny tax that was ready to expire, and they continued it…unanimously voted to continue it” Tyler explained. “It was worth, at one point Hal, back when I was an assistant superintendent, it was worth about 24-25 million dollars. Now, that one penny is bumping 70 million dollars a year.”
Plans are already underway for more expansion. The Baldwin County School Board and administrators met after the ribbon cuttings to discuss phase-5 of the pay-as-you-go plan for building the next round of schools. That investment could be greater than 100-million-dollars which would bring the school board’s total investment through all five phases to more than half a billion dollars.Download the FOX10 Weather App.
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