From the Madison County Record:

Funding for Madison’s new high school is going to be tricky, said Dr. Dee Fowler, Madison City Schools superintendent.

Fowler recently reported the new school, to be located on the Limestone County side of County Line Road, could take $65 million to build. A new source of revenue will be needed to fund construction of the school, Fowler said-which could possibly come from a new half-cent county sales tax in Madison County, which is being voted on June 3.

Keep dreaming, Dee. That county wide sales tax increase is not going to happen.

The sales tax will be Madison County’s, not Limestone County’s, which is where the tricky part comes in. There will be students from both counties going to the new Madison City School, as 400 Limestone students do already in the Madison City system. Limestone County does not pay anything for the education of these crossover students, Fowler said. School funding comes from both city and county taxes, so as Madison continues to spread into its western neighbor, how to make it fair for a Madison City school located in Limestone County?

“We are trying to hammer out a funding agreement,” Fowler said. “This is the job of prudent people to make the fair decision. All the players have something to win or lose.”

I wonder how long Fowler will wait to announce the grand bargain since the sales tax vote will take place on June 3rd. He’s running out of time to advertise such a plan, should one ever come to fruition. Not to worry, though. I’m sure all the schools are actively indoctrinating their captive subjects with the message for mommy and daddy.

Kudos to Walt and his Small Town Political Gazette.

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