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Wake County school board facilities committee tries to meet again

Submitted by KeungHui on 05/24/2012 - 06:00
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The Wake County school board's facilities committee will meet today to try again to discuss planning for the next school construction program and bond issue.

The May 9 meeting was canceled because not enough school board members attended. A quorum is expected to attend today.

The wild card since that meeting is that Wake County staff have broached the idea of delaying a possible 2013 school bond issue by raising property 2.7 cents to pay for school construction needs. While the tax increase would guarantee money, it would likely produce less money than could be acquired if a bond issue passed.

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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