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‘‘The most qualified person in the county (former elementary principal Mary Botts Quaintance) is in H. B.’s district,’’ Luke added, to nods in agreement from Wood.
‘‘Then why didn’t he put her on the board?” asked Kilpatrick.
“Our concern is the way business is conducted in this county.” Diana Bird repeated. adding that consideration of at-large membership on the school board would make people feel that their true interests were being represented.
“I think you all are representing the true interests of this county.” Miller told the supervisors. "I think the school board is too." said the new member.
To achieve representative membership, he maintained, each supervisor must appoint a person from his district. "Then if the constituents don’t like it. they can refuse to re-elect him. That way. all the voters get input, not just those who are politically active." Miller said, adding that it wasn't fair to let ten people speaking out at a board meeting determine policy.
"If the school board recommends a fairly expensive capital improvements program, can it be included in next year’s budget after the reassessment?" asked Kilpatrick.
The board ’ members answered that an expansion program could be financed through a loan from the state literary fund for school construction or through a bond referendum. Luke maintained that building a little bit at a time was the best way for the school board to proceed. "Yes. but they didn't and now both schools are bursting” while inflational costs have doubled the price tag on school construction in the last four or five years. Kilpatrick concluded.
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