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Fairhope principals tell council 3-mil tax is funding teachers, intervention and testing support
Summary
Principals from Fairhope High School and Fairhope Middle School presented to the City Council on how local 3-mil property-tax revenues are being used for teachers, intervention programs, social workers, arts and to subsidize student testing fees.
Principal John Cardwell of Fairhope High School and Principal Angie Hall of Fairhope Middle School told the Fairhope City Council that the city’s 3-mil local tax has financed classroom staff, student interventions and material support that the principals say have boosted test results and student services.
The presentations focused on how the 3-mil revenue pays for additional teacher allotments, intervention teachers, social workers and direct help for families paying AP/IB and other testing fees.
The tax is local property-tax revenue approved by voters. Cardwell said the 3-mil funding added teachers and allowed the high school to expand ACT preparation and other programs. “Your 3 mil money is, is being well spent at Fairhope High School, and we’re seeing great results, and data doesn’t lie,” Cardwell said. He told…
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