With a lawsuit against the board of commissioners on school funding set to be argued in the state Supreme Court next month, county officials say its legal fees are expected to double.
As a key court date in the lawsuit against the Halifax County Board of Commissioners nears, the Coalition for Education and Economic Security and the Halifax County Branch of the NAACP are encouraging the general public to attend a hearing on the matter.
The only comment at today's public hearing on the county's proposed budget for next fiscal year centered on education as did comments made during a community issues portion of the meeting.
School merger was an election issue, says Bill Hodge of the Coalition for Education and Economic Security.
The Coalition for Education and Economic Security is encouraging Halifax County commissioners to seriously delve into the findings of a report that recommends cost-savings in the three county school systems.
The chair of the Coalition for Education and Economic Security today asked Halifax County commissioners to re-evaluate their funding priority of schools across the county.
The Coalition for Education and Economic Security made sterling points in its presentation to Halifax County commissioners on a proposed $58 million bond referendum to fund school improvements.
A deadlock on a vote to set a public hearing for a proposed $58 million school bond referendum effectively halts the project for now.
I wholeheartedly agree with your comments, but think some tougher questions should be asked of the Coalition for Education and Economic Security, NAACP and Concerned Citizens of Tillery.
The Coalition for Education and Economic Security seems to have forgotten how on one of the hottest days of summer last year it stood lockstep with the Halifax County school system pushing its agenda of school merger.
