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Huntsville City Schools lay out $600 million, 10-year capital plan; council hears financing plan
Summary
Superintendent Clarence Sutton and finance staff presented a roughly $600 million, 10-year capital plan for Huntsville City Schools that includes new STEM and magnet facilities, gym and cafeteria expansions and a financing strategy relying on 6.5 mills of ad valorem property tax and phased bond borrowing.
Superintendent Clarence Sutton presented the Huntsville City Schools’ 10-year capital plan to the Huntsville City Council on Feb. 26, describing a roughly $600,000,000 program to modernize facilities across all five feeder patterns and to add capacity for the city’s growing student population.
“We want to be a district of choice,” Sutton said in his presentation, adding that the capital plan is “not separate from our strategic plan. It's the core of it.” He told the council the district serves about 23,759 students, employs roughly 3,000 staff and has expanded offerings such as 40-plus AP courses and dual enrollment for hundreds of seniors and juniors.
The plan includes completed and under-construction work (a new central office and career tech center, athletic field upgrades, cafeteria expansions and classroom additions) and several large new projects: Montview Elementary…
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