Some Highlands residents are not thrilled with that program, though. Rather than float bonds to pay for the school budgets, the county has borrowed the funds from local banks. Board of Education Chairman Kevin Corbin, however, says the plan has the support of taxpayers.
People are aware of how overcrowded our schools are.
According to Corbin, the county commissioners are just catching up on many issues previous boards had ducked. School enrollment increased from 3,000 to 4,000 in the last decade with another 25-percent increase projected by 2010. Basically, past boards weren't willing to vote in the improvements we needed. We've been in the bottom five for the 15 years I've been here. With school financing packages C and D looming in his tax future, Potts would like to see the rules of debate changed.