Superintendent hints at land deal in the works
Is the Jackson County School System on the verge of buying land for a potential high school in West Jackson?
Judging by a teasing comment superintendent John Green made to an audience in Braselton on Thursday that may be a possibility.
“I’d love to share some plans with you, but I can’t yet — but I will in the near future,” he said. “But maybe I can give a little bit of a hint. Let’s see. Our current school that’s in the center of the county is a long ways from here. There you go. How’s that?”
The comment comes just one week after the Jackson County Board of Education spent an hour discussing real estate acquisition in a closed-door meeting. The board didn’t take any action when the meeting was opened to the public.
For the full story, see the Sept. 19 issue of The Jackson Herald.
“I’d love to share some plans with you, but I can’t yet — but I will in the near future,” he said. “But maybe I can give a little bit of a hint. Let’s see. Our current school that’s in the center of the county is a long ways from here. There you go. How’s that?”
The comment comes just one week after the Jackson County Board of Education spent an hour discussing real estate acquisition in a closed-door meeting. The board didn’t take any action when the meeting was opened to the public.
For the full story, see the Sept. 19 issue of The Jackson Herald.
The rumored and popular proposal to build a West Side High School is way past-due. Unfortunately, it is now ill-advised. Don't blame the messenger here...that is simply the way it is. Read on...
Unless the JCBOE can sell the existing facility, (maybe to a land-locked JHS?) operating three County high schools, not counting JHS and CHS, with our population and tax base is just obscene and completely irresponsible. When the population explosion resumes, go for it.
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Based on the BOE decissions to...
A- Request waivers for larger class sizes
B- Furlough days
C- Build a registration building, close it.
D- Raise employee benefits cost
E- Close a highly functional alternative school
F- Reduce # of paraprofessionals in classroom
G- Recent talk of loans need just to operate
How are these type decissions benefitting the students, teachers, and tax payers of this county?
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Not to mention the increased enrollment at the elementary level. These kids at WJPS, WJIS, GSES, SJES, and NJES that are districted for JCCHS will eventually have to go to high school. There just won't be room for all of them. While it may seem wasteful to build a new high school now, I think it is commendable that Dr. Green and the BOE are looking to the future. With the number of students we have on the west side now, there is a need for a new high school on the west side within oh, say, 4-6 years. That doesn't account for the growth that side of the county may or may not experience.