ShallowsNole
Beach Fanatic
I want to say I was at the same meeting.
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13.5 Acres of school land given away
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Alan Osborne
Beach Lover
My question to the BCC, was who got the proceeds of the Sale? It was supposed to go to the county. But I can find no record of it. Wouldn't be the first time a developer failed to do what they said. This burden on the taxpayers must stop.
Miss Critter
Beach Fanatic
Did you do a spit take when you heard that?
Yes, I did.
Not something you'd forget.
I edited my post to indicate it was probably more like 2004 when that statement was made. Either way. . . .
Susan Horn
Beach Fanatic
What's a spit take?
Jdarg
SoWal Expert
Did you do a spit take when you heard that?
I heard it at a school board meeting just last year. A comment was made about not having enough kids to put at the new middle school (not by a school board member). I thought "Hello? What about the hundreds of elementary schools kids in SoWal? Do they just skip middle school and go to high school?"
Ahhh...vision and looking ahead. ;-)
scooterbug44
SoWal Expert
When you are drinking something and someone says something so ridiculous you spray your beverage back out.
Comedy classic........................and quite common when reading Lounge posts.
ShallowsNole
Beach Fanatic
IIRC, it was Donnie Richardson, Jerry (Mr. Cecelia) Jones, Darrell Barnhill, Mildred Wilkerson and Mark Davis. It may have been Bill Laird instead of Jerry Jones; I don't remember what year Bill won.
For what it is worth, that was the statistic the Department of Education used when they advised that a high school south of the Bay was not warranted. Our board decided to build it anyway, and they proved DOE wrong. Look who is at capacity now!
ShallowsNole
Beach Fanatic
Generally speaking, there were MANY people not pleased in NoWal when SWHS was built, and I expect to hear more about ECMS because of the economy.
I once got chewed out AT A TAILGATE IN TALLAHASSEE by a guy from DeFuniak after South Walton High School opened. He didn't like the name, as there is only one Walton High School, and it is the flagship school of this county, and people from across the bay get everything they want, yada yada yada.
I replied that Walton High should be renamed DeFuniak Springs High, as everyone from Glendale/Liberty north now sends their children to Paxton instead.
Jdarg
SoWal Expert
Generally speaking, there were MANY people not pleased in NoWal when SWHS was built, and I expect to hear more about ECMS because of the economy.
I once got chewed out AT A TAILGATE IN TALLAHASSEE by a guy from DeFuniak after South Walton High School opened. He didn't like the name, as there is only one Walton High School, and it is the flagship school of this county, and people from across the bay get everything they want, yada yada yada.
I replied that Walton High should be renamed DeFuniak Springs High, as everyone from Glendale/Liberty north now sends their children to Paxton instead.
That makes me so sad. From what I have heard and now seen, we are playing catchup down here, facilities-wise.