Residents urge county to fund civics program and study noise ordinance
At the Limestone County Commission work session, Tricia Bobo of Liberty Learning Foundation requested $3,200 to sustain a civics character program for local second- and fifth-graders; resident James Harding asked the commission to study adopting a county noise ordinance after prospective buyers were reportedly deterred by claims there is none.
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Tricia Bobo, representing Liberty Learning Foundation, told the Limestone County Commission on Feb. 2 that her nonprofit runs a 12-week civics, character and career-development program in about 54 Alabama counties and serves roughly 50,000 students statewide. "We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization... Here, we are teaching the second graders and the fifth graders," she said, adding the local program currently serves 250 second- and fifth-grade students in Elkmont and 75 second-graders in Tanner.
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