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Prattville superintendent asks council for quick decision on a $150 million high school plan with college partnership
Summary
Superintendent Lyman Woodley asked the Prattville City Council to consider entering a funding agreement to partner with Central Alabama College on a new high school, warning that bonds alone will not cover the estimated $150 million construction cost and asking for a decision within about 60 days.
Superintendent Lyman Woodley told the Prattville City Council the school system is at a crossroads and urged the city to decide within about 60 days whether it would enter a funding agreement to help build a new Prattville high school in partnership with Central Alabama College (CAC).
Woodley said the school system has stabilized its finances but faces aging buildings and skyrocketing construction costs that make renovation impractical in many cases. "A new Prattville high school will be around $150,000,000," he said, later listing rough estimates for other projects: a junior high at $46 million to $52 million, elementary schools at $50 million to $60 million, and a Marbury middle…
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