"We know money is tight and we know it's tough times," says the chair of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board in North Carolina.
"And everybody knows public education is under attack from all fronts."
That's why the board is asking voters in Orange County to approve a $300 million bond referendum this fall to fund school infrastructure projects, reports the News & Observer.
The referendum is part of a $555 million plan to address infrastructure needs in the county's schools over the next decade.
The first reading of the bond order is scheduled for Tuesday, and a public hearing is scheduled for June 4.
The money would be used to build a new middle school, a new high school, a new elementary school, and other projects.
"In a sense, you're our last hopenot to be too dramatic about it, but that appears to be the case," says board chair George Griffin.
"So, we want to thank you for the effort and acknowledge it publicly."
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