Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A detailed look at proposed construction and maintenance work before Cobb voters in the March 2013 referendum.
While the big-ticket items on the March 2013 Cobb Education SPLOST referendum have been getting most of the attention, every school in the Cobb County School District is slated for improvements. The Cobb Board of Education called for the referendum earlier this month and set a date for the vote on March 19, 2013. What follows is a detailed look at what each school in Northeast Cobb -- ZIP code 30066 -- would be getting if Cobb voters approve the $717 million extension of the one-cent SPLOST, which would begin collection for five years starting in January 2014. Information has been culled from the attached SPLOST IV final "notebook" of proposed projects. Here are the major school-specific projects in Northeast Cobb: At J.J. Daniell Middle…
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The Cobb Board of Education approved a resolution Wednesday, but heard a strong dose of anti-tax sentiment.
As expected, the Cobb Board of Education on Wednesday adopted a resolution to call for a March 2013 referendum to extend the Education SPLOST. But the job of selling voters on a $717 million school construction and maintenance project list figures to be a challenging one, given Cobb's recent SPLOST track record. The one-cent sales tax, if approved by voters, would begin in January 2014 and would be collected through December 2018. But before the vote, representatives of a local taxpayers group and the Georgia Tea Party spoke out against a March referendum. And the chairwoman of the school board's SPLOST citizen oversight panel predicted that the finalized SPLOST IV "notebook" (see attached PDF) will fail at the polls. The board voted only…
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Wednesday's work session agenda includes a resolution for a March 2013 referendum.
After an accelerated process to put together and revise a nearly $718 million project list of school construction and maintenance projects, the Cobb Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday to call for a referendum to pay for them. A resolution calling for a March 19, 2013 referendum that would extend the current Cobb Education SPLOST highlights the board's Wednesday work session agenda (see attached PDF). The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. in the board room of the Cobb County School District central office, 514 Glover Street, Marietta. After two board members expressed a desire to postpone a referendum to November 2013, Wednesday's agenda item includes a recommendation from Superintendent Michael Hinojosa for a March vote. The …
Monday, November 5, 2012
The revised project list will be discussed at a special called meeting on Monday.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The revised project list will be discussed at a special called meeting on Monday.
The Cobb Board of Education has called a special meeting for next week to discuss the proposed SPLOST IV construction and maintenance project list. The meeting is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Monday in the board room of the Cobb County School District central office, 514 Glover Street, Marietta. The board met last week to go over a revised "notebook" (see attached PDF) totalling $717 million in proposed projects that Cobb voters may be voting on early next year. At the end of that meeting, board member Alison Bartlett asked for another public meeting to continue finalizing the project list. The board is expected to vote later this month on whether to call for a referendum, which is likely for March 2013. Among the major revisions is a…
Friday, October 26, 2012
Additional funding and renovations have been proposed at Tapp Middle School, Teasley and Kincaid elementaries and in East Cobb.
The feedback Cobb Board of Education members have been receiving about the proposed SPLOST IV project list has produced some major revisions in the package, and for several schools throughout the county. Board members on Thursday discussed the revised list, which still comes in at an estimated $717 million in collections. Among the major changes are $3.1 million in renovations at Tapp Middle School in Powder Springs, a $3.3 million addition at Kincaid Elementary School in Northeast Cobb and new classroom space at Teasley Elementary School in Smyrna, costing another $3.1 million. In East Cobb, two significant changes have been proposed: A $30 million middle school replacement, likely at East Cobb Middle School, and a total of $27 million in…
Monday, October 1, 2012
SPLOST and other education topics are up for discussion at a meeting at Wheeler High School.
For the second time in less than a month, Cobb Board of Education chairman Scott Sweeney has scheduled a town hall meeting in his East Cobb district. The next town hall will take place next Monday, Oct. 8, at Wheeler High School. Sweeney said at Thursday's school board meeting that citizens may ask questions on any school-related topic, but expects the builk of the discussion to cover the proposed Cobb schools SPLOST IV project list. Last week, Sweeney heard from Walton High School parents, who asked for more than the $9 million earmarked in SPLOST IV for gymnasium and theater improvements. Some wanted a new fine arts facility to replace cramped and outmoded space for the Walton orchestra, band, drama and other arts programs. Those …
William Compton
1:18 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
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