Earlier this week, at the suggestion of the State Comptroller, the Cannon County Board of Education and County Commission members held a workshop for the purpose of developing a capital outlay plan for the future. The first meeting’s focus was for the next five years.
Three of the five school board members were in attendance, five of the county’s ten commissioners attended. Director of schools William Curtis gave a “state of the schools” report and answered questions. In addition to the director, central office personnel and principals from all schools attended.
A large number of topics were covered and several misconceptions about the schools, their funding, staff structure and more were answered.
County Commissioners in attendance, Russel Reed, Corey Davenport, Karen Ashford, Greg Mitchell and Brent Brandon said they felt the meeting was beneficial.
Items in the plan for the first five years, includes: school roofs for Cannon County High School, Woodland School and a section of Woodbury Grammar are needed immediately, West Side School is estimated to need work by 2022 and Short Mountain, Auburn and EastSide and estimated by 2014.
The next workshop sessions for the elected bodies will focus a ten to fifteen year plan. The date for that meeting will be determined after the start of the 2019-2020 school year.
