Education SPLOST Informational Meeting to be Held Tonight in Roswell

Fulton County Schools Board President Linda Schultz will join Fulton County Schools staff in presenting local residents with information regarding the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax they'll be asked to approve - or not - this upcoming election.

Schultz, who represents the Roswell Cluster, will share specific enhancements and maintenance projects planned for the SPLOST - a one-cent sales tax to be used for capital improvements and long-term debt reduction. She'll be assisted in her presentation by county schools staff Patrick Burke and Marisa Greenlee tonight, Oct. 6 at .

The meeting leads up to the $913 million SPLOST referendum renewal vote on Nov. 8. If approved, the sales tax will continue for another five years at the same rate it has been since 1997. The county has said that the money from the tax will be used to "build and renovate schools, upgrade technology and buy school buses" across Fulton County Schools.

Fulton County Schools maintains that the special tax helps keep property taxes down, since the system would have to issue bonds for capital improvements without it. If the SPLOST is not given an approval vote in Novemember, it will expire June 30, 2012.

The meeting will take place tonight, Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Roswell City Hall Council Chambers. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

See the attached PDF for specifics on how the SPLOST money will be used within the Roswell Cluster of Fulton County Schools.