Athletic Facilities Receive Funding

Athletic facilities at Station Camp, Westmoreland, and Merrol Hyde Magnet Schools will proceed with funding from a $32 million County Bond Issue.

In August, the School Board will be presented with a proposal for expansion of Hendersonville and Gallatin High Schools -- adding 20 new classrooms at HHS and 18 at Gallatin.

No word yet on a proposal to eliminate or significantly reduce the number of students attending class in portables.  Nor any discussion of rezoning to ease over-crowding of schools. 

In other Board news, the School Resource Officer program is set to expand -- with 13 new officers trained and ready by the time school starts in August and a proposal to add officers at all schools starting in the 2014-15 Fiscal Year.