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Cabarrus commissioners signal full funding for schools; board highlights NW elementary overcrowding
Summary
Board Chair Rob Walter said county commissioners indicated they could reallocate funds to fully fund the school system’s operational request without raising local taxes; board and superintendent flagged overcrowding in northwest elementary schools and a possible application to the Local Government Commission.
Board Chair Rob Walter said Monday that county commissioners indicated they could reallocate funds to fully fund Cabarrus County Schools’ operational request and do so without raising local taxes.
"To my knowledge, I think that's the time we've ever had our entire operational request, funded," Walter said, thanking commissioners for what he called "verbal commitments" during a recent county budget workshop.
The board chair said the funding would also increase local supplements for teachers, which are…
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