Macon County citizens are preparing to vote on a new wheel tax next month.
This issue has been a heated topic for quite some time now, and recently, Lafayette Elementary Principal Erica Woodard sent a paper home with students asking for parental permission for kids to be pictured with a sign asking for votes in favor of the new wheel tax which would fund a new vocational school.
Social media lit up with opinions for 鈥 but mostly against 鈥 the idea.
鈥淢any students in Macon County would benefit from this,鈥 said Dewayne Cothron on Facebook. 鈥淚 assume the teachers are trying to reach out to those students鈥 parents to let them know if they are interested in getting their child in some type of vocation that might better vote for it, or they will not have one.鈥
鈥淚 threw mine right in the trash,鈥 said Aspen Dahl.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 want teachers trying to influence political choice on students,鈥 said Roush Matthews.
鈥淚 would like everyone to maybe focus on a solution that maybe can help pay for the schools instead of just fussing on Facebook,鈥 said Red Boiling Springs SRO officer Mark Bartley. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 recall anyone is running for these school board or county offices. I mean the thankless jobs that pays maybe $200 a month, and I know of one that turns around and donates that money back to the school.鈥
鈥淭he school board is controlled by a man that feels he is above the law,鈥 said Samantha Amons. 鈥淭hat is what鈥檚 wrong with this country. Politicians and bureaucrats that feel superior to the constitution and the laws they are required to uphold.鈥
鈥淭hey will raise property taxes,鈥 said Johnny Shockley. 鈥淪o, instead of paying $38 per car, it will be about $500 to property owners and everything will go up again.鈥
鈥淭hey鈥檙e only concerned about one thing, and judging by this letter it isn鈥檛 bettering children鈥檚 education,鈥 said Bryson Masters.
Macon County Director of Schools Shawn Carter declined to speak on the matter at the advice of the Board of Education鈥檚 attorney.
Officials have said that if a new vocational school is not funded and built, TCAT will pull out of Macon County, leaving students without a vocational school to learn a trade through. The old building in Red Boiling Springs, according to officials, has run its course of usefulness. Additionally, TCAT has required a new building to be built on the school grounds, leaving little choice for Macon County other than abiding the demands of TCAT or losing the program altogether.
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