MONROE, N.C. — The Union County Board of Education on Tuesday declined the Union County Board of Commissioners’ offer of $3 million to purchase 49 mobile classrooms.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Board of Education was informed that accepting the Board of Commissioners’ offer would decrease the trial verdict amount by $3 million.
Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman Jerry Simpson said at the time of the offer, “The redistricting issue is tearing communities apart, and the proposal to provide funds for mobile classrooms is intended to keep communities and neighbors together, while still protecting the taxpayers of Union County.”
The $3 million offer is intended to provide a short-term solution to redistricting to provide more time for the Board of Education to consider other alternatives. The Board of County Commissioners made the offer with no strings attached, other than that the funds be used to purchase mobile classrooms.
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