Ours is the only county system in the state to have to do so. Times have changed since the idea was last put to a vote in 1993.
School administration is new.
Most of the school board is new and the educational landscape has been altered forever by Gov. Roy Barnes and House Bill 1187. This time the commission has gone on record supporting the idea of fiscal responsibility for the school board. For years the fickle finger of responsibility has wandered up and down Mulberry Street from the courthouse to the school board headquarters. There are significant challenges ahead for the schools, and the commissioners wouldn't mind if that taxing finger finally gets pointed where it belongs. The commission has approved 18.94 mills for the system this year, but it in fact, could make the millage for schools much higher - and it may have to.