Slowing down fast-track school funding

Two Forsyth County Commissioners — Gloria Whisenhunt and Walter Marshall —say ‘hold up’ on a ‘fast track’ funding plan to replace two schools.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the request tonight—wonder how that will turn out — and county commission chairman Dave Plyler stated publicly last week that WSFCS will have “no problem” with the funding, even though Republicans have a 4-3 majority on the board. But two of those Republicans –Plyler and Don Martin —are considered “moderate” Republicans. In addition, Martin is also the former WSFCS school superintendent —wonder how he’ll vote.

So it’s significant that Whisenhunt —a Republican –and Marshall –a Democrat –are teaming up th slow down the fast track. Marshall is particularly disturbed after first hearing about the funding proposal by reading about it in the Winston-Salem Journal.

And with another election year coming up —2016 will be here before we know it— Whisenhunt wonders why not just put the funding on a bond referendum? Keep in mind that all W-S five bonds on the 2014 ballot passed.