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County attorney flags gaps in school system approvals for Ashley Elementary land purchases
Summary
County Attorney Gordon Watkins told the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 that the land assembled for the planned Ashley Elementary School consists of roughly 30 parcels and that most individual parcel purchases were not brought to the county for the specific approvals required by state statute.
County Attorney Gordon Watkins told the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 that the land assembled for the planned Ashley Elementary School consists of roughly 30 parcels purchased by the Winston‑Salem/Forsyth County Schools at different times and that the county has not approved most of those site purchases as required by state law.
Watkins quoted the statute, reading in part: "no contract for the purchase of a school site shall be executed nor any funds expended, therefore, without the approval of the Board of County Commissioners as to the amount to be spent for the site." He said the parcel now before the board for a specific purchase amount is 1809 North Liberty Street,…
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