Defending the Walton SPLOST Plans
Parents and others in the school community say every bit of the $40 million price tag is needed to properly upgrade the facility.
(Author's Note: This is the second of two articles on the Walton SPLOST proposal. The first article outlined the lobbying efforts of school parents.) Walton High School parents pushing for substantial renovations in the March 19 SPLOST IV referendum are aware of the perceptions of their affluent East Cobb community, and the high levels of academic, athletic and extracurricular achievement expected of students. They also understand that some outsiders may hear their pleas for a new fine arts center, gymnasium and classroom addition for what's proudly dubbed "the shining star" of the Cobb County School District and not feel much sympathy. First world problems, goes the phrase, even when Walton parents rattle off some of the issues associated…
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Heather Rees
10:01 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
@sara, sorry for being snarky. I have been a cobb county school supporter for 20 years and very involved in my children's schools. I am friends with many wonderful women whom I met in elementary school days that have gone on to better many east cobb schools including ECMS and have supported them in any way I could. I, like many, anticipate ECMS being the middle school that gets the redo that is … more ›