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Board approves resolution to pursue acquisition of Sweetwater High School; inspection, funding and SRO questions remain
Summary
The Board voted to pursue acquiring Sweetwater High School and to provide an annual maintenance‑of‑effort contribution, with the understanding that final purchase will return for board ratification after inspections and an executed contract.
The Sweetwater Board of Commissioners voted to approve a resolution authorizing the city to pursue acquiring Sweetwater High School and providing an annual maintenance‑of‑effort contribution for the city school system.
Board members and school officials described the proposal as a multi‑step process. The county must agree to release the property, the city must agree to accept it, and the city’s funding body must approve the maintenance‑of‑effort. School officials present said the transaction would be in the usual “as‑is” form but that the city would have an inspection and due‑diligence period; commissioners insisted the final purchase be brought back for a ratification vote once a structural inspection and final…
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