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Opinion: Our children’s education deserves sales tax, bond funding
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Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield, left, and Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams speak Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Gainesville Rotary Club meeting on the proposed Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and bond referendums that could fund new schools in the county and city. - photo by Scott Rogers
As a parent of children in our local school systems, we have been incredibly blessed with wonderful educators who provide our children with an education that is second to none. However, it’s well past time for the facilities at our schools to be upgraded in order to match the quality education at both Gainesville City Schools and Hall County Schools. For example, the average age of Hall County’s elementary schools is 42 years old, which is well past their prime.