Franklin County School Board to hold special meeting to discuss special election

The Franklin County School Board will hold a special meeting this evening at 730 to discuss possible changes to a planned special election on a referendum that would allow the school district to increase its operating budget.

The referendum is the same as one held in 2012 when the district asked voters to allow the school district to increase its operating budget by a half mill.

If voters approve the measure again it will allow the school district to free up construction money and put it in the operating budget where it can be used for teacher and employee pay as well as other operating expenses.

The move is technically a tax increase though taxpayers shouldn’t see an increase in their tax bills because the increase in the operating budget will be offset by a decrease in the school system’s building fund.

The school district is planning to hold a special election on the issue on June the 7^th, but is now considering changes to that plan.

Questions were raised during the school board’s regular meeting on Monday as to why the referendum won’t be held during this year’s primaries in August.

Not only would that bring out more voters, but it would also save the school district about 22 thousand dollars.

The school board will hold a special meeting tonight to consider the issue again and discuss whether to move the special election to the August primaries or possibly to have the election done as a mail-in ballot.

Anyone interested in commenting on the referendum can join tonight’s special meeting – again its at 730 at the School Board meeting room at 85 school road in Eastpoint.

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