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William Young, said he telt somebody besides the teachers should speak. He said he was the product of a system with a junior high. “That’s the best way to go,” he said. He questioned the savings over the years of building additions instead. “That’s just passing the cost on to the future generation,” he said. “I hope the decision is to go with the middle school."
The Rev. Jennings Hobson noted that the people who appeared at the earlier public hearing were not present Monday night. ‘T guess those who were scared about spending money have decided we aren’t going to,” he said. He said that building additions would mean that in 15 years the county would still be paying for those additions and then would have to build more space that “would cost twice as much.”
School Board member John Tole, who represents Stonewall-Hawthorn District, said he felt that even with a middle school the high school would need additional space. He said those needs might cost as much as the additions.
At the earlier public hearing, he said, “I heard strongly that they were not prepared to spend money for a middle school, much less more for the high school. For that reason I felt the realistic thing was to go for an addition. If the community is prepared for both expenditures, a middle school and extensive improvements to the high school, then that’s the best way to go.”
Parent Ellen Neill-I)ore said she was concerned whether the commons area could support the larger elementary school. She said the lower price of the additions “is appealing, but as a taxpayer, I support the middle school.”
Another parent Peter Kreyling said he also supported building a
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