Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Schools in South Fulton

For a number of years parents in South Fulton have fought with the Fulton County Board of Education over the treatment and lack of resources that are allocated to the schools in South County. As the BOE continue to pay lip service to serving S Fulton they are planning to come to us to support a third Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST III). Last year, they turned down a Lease Purchase funding option that is typically used by larger schools systems like Gwinnett. Lease Purchase is a loan process where the board pays off the lease of the schools over a number of years. At this point would you support a SPLOST III for more construction of schools or would prefer the board go back to review and adopt the Lease Purchase option?