PullinGuard

Congratulations to Don Thomas, new HC at LCHS. Now, will be interesting to see how many folks in the City are lining up to pay for a new High School. My bet is not nearly enough. Not sure if a referendum would be required to raise prop taxes/fund it or not - if so, I can't imagine that passing. I've yet to hear a compelling reason to support the idea.

Good questions - I can take a stab at a few. If the city HS happens, it'll be 1A acc'd to Mark Clark (second-hand info to me). Would be at the old fay city jr high location. Jr high would be next-door at current intermediate school. Ralph Askins expanded to k-5 from k-3 current. I'd assume they would be the tigers, but a guess. Heard the rumor of Don as HC, but no true info. Seems odd that they'd hire one at this point to me, or even discuss it - they're only planning to add a single grade per year. Doubt that they'll have any serious football players in 10th grade and up for a while, regardless. True dat on the wheel tax - errybody there's still payin it, regardless of the promises at the time. Increased taxes would mostly be born by the city people thru property tax increases, I'd guess. Maybe shared thru increased sales taxes in Fayetteville, I suppose.

Ship has sailed for sure, Punk's staying at Giles County. Good for him and Giles, bad for LC. I'm hearing rumors that the city high school may not be a serious thing - may have been just a ruse to torpedo the hire over old frictions, etc. Apparently wasn't even scheduled for a vote until the last minute - at a time when O'Connor still had time to reconsider. We'll see - hope that isn't true. Still, I can't imagine who is gonna be willing to line up an pay for a new high school two miles from the current one - hard to feature where the funding and/or referendum votes will come from. Anxious to find out the truth - if this was just a power play/ego thing, it should not go unanswered at the ballot box in Fayetteville.