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Monroe County board approves terms, sets $1.5 million asking price for potential transfer of Sweetwater High School

5691977 · August 28, 2025
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The Monroe County Board of Education on Oct. 25 approved a set of attorney-recommended terms for a possible transfer of Sweetwater High School to Sweetwater City Schools and set an asking price of $1,500,000.

The Monroe County Board of Education on Oct. 25 approved a set of attorney-recommended terms for a possible transfer of Sweetwater High School to Sweetwater City Schools and set an asking price of $1,500,000.

Board attorney Chris McCarty told the board he was recommending a set of “mandatory terms” be included in any offer and said a transfer, if it happens, should occur on July 1, 2027. “What I would suggest to the board is that there'll be 2 votes if the board so wishes to move forward with possible transfer,” McCarty said, and he outlined timing, liability and property-accounting items he recommended be written into an offer.

McCarty asked that Sweetwater City Schools assume responsibility for capital projects costing more than $25,000 and…

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