The Sumner County Commission meets tonight. On the agenda:
Approval of nearly $250,000 THIS year to fund the start of the School Resource Officer (SRO) request by the School Board (recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee on School Safety). This would mean 13 new SROs in the 2013-14 school year. The plan would include phasing in SROs so they are in every school within 5 years.
Also up for a vote is a $30 million+ capital bond for construction of a new elementary school (Burris Elementary) on the campus of Knox Doss at Drakes Creek Middle as well as the addition of new classrooms at Hendersonville High and Gallatin High.
Construction bonds are the first step -- the rooms, once built, will need teachers and supplies and resources in order to make them useful. Historically, the system has opened new buildings/additions without adequate resources and then scrambled to hold fundraisers or beg the County Commission for additional funds.
As these facilities will take time, the recurring expenses/resources needed for their operation likely won't be needed until the 2014-15 budget year.
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