Memphis school board: No school until city pays up

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Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Schools in Memphis, Tennessee, will not open for the new school year until the school board receives at least $55 million of the money it is owed by the city.

The Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners voted on the delay Tuesday night. However, Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton Jr. told CNN Wednesday he is working toward a resolution, and "the children will not be caught in the middle."

The board vote indefinitely delayed school opening "pending the resolution of a long-standing funding dispute with the City of Memphis," school system attorney Dorsey Hopson said in a statement.

The board says it is owed a total of $151 million, according to the Commercial Appeal newspaper of Memphis. That includes what the city still owes for the 2008-09 school year, shortfalls on two subsequent school years and $78 million for the upcoming year.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/20/tennessee.no.school/index.html

[LuckyLib]

1. Borrow from our schools and then trash teachers and blame them for "failing schools". Bastards.

[lib2DaBone]

2. We need more money for war.. Education is the last on the list....