SPLOST
There is an upcoming bond issue concerning the Gwinnett County Schools on February 5th. Many of us will be going to the pools to pick our presidential nominee and we need to get out the vote to continue SPLOST. This past November Gwinnett County Board of Education approved a calling for voters to evaluate a General Obligation Bond referendum on the upcoming Georgia Presidential Preference Primary. If it passes, Gwinnett voters will authorize the School Board to sell $750 million in tax-exempt, General Obligation Bonds. The repayment of the bonds will be paid off using the present personal property millage rates.
The Gwinnett County School system is facing a funding crisis and our school board is offering a direction to its voters to meet that crisis head on. Voting yes on SPLOST will help keep Gwinnett’s school progress on track. Since July 1, 2007 thirty new schools have been built providing over 2000 new classrooms.
In the last decade, funding for the ever-expanding Gwinnett school age population has been met with both property taxes and monies from SPLOST. But growth in Gwinnett county’s population has far exceeding the schools growth and the school board is suggesting the bond issue continue so that they can meet the demands of the growing population by constructing new schools and adding on to existing ones. To read more about the program visit www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Keeping this program in tact depends on you. Please vote to continue school funding with school bonds. Our children’s education depends on it!
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