Community presses county to secure final $2.3 million for Whitehaven High STEM center
Residents, donors and commissioners urged action after months of delay on the Whitehaven High STEM building, saying private fundraising and prior county allocations leave a $2.3 million gap that Memphis‑Shelby County Schools has not yet committed in writing.
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Commissioner Edmund Ford, sponsor of the Whitehaven STEM item, told the commission the Whitehaven community and private donors have raised roughly $7 million toward a planned $10 million STEM building and that the school district pledged $2.3 million two years ago but has not yet delivered written assurances. "We're ready to construct," Ford said, urging the county to act so the project wouldn’t fall apart after years of local fundraising.
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