We’ve been talking about a proposed CTE School since early 2016 and now we will vote on it in the General Election. Monday night, July 16, 2018, the Saline County Quorum Court decided the measure will be on the General Election for Saline County voters on November 6th. Justices of the Peace that were present, nine voted yes, two voted no, and one was absent. Nine votes was enough to pass the resolution. The JPs voted as follows:
- District 1 Pat Bisbee – Republican – YES
- District 2 Everette Hatcher – Republican – NO
- District 3 Steve Gladden – Republican – YES
- District 4 Barbara Howell – Republican – YES
- District 5 John Kimbrough – Republican – YES
- District 6 Tammy D. Schmidt – Republican – YES
- District 7 Josh Curtis – Republican – YES
- District 8 Edward A. Albares – Republican – YES
- District 9 David Gibson – Republican – YES
- District 10 Jim Whitley – Republican – ABSENT=NO
- District 11 Dawn Creekmore – Republican – NO
- District 12 J.R. Walters – Republican – YES
- District 13 James Zahnd – Republican – YES
At this point in the article, a lot of you are wondering “what is a CTE school?” There are several articles on MySaline listed here: www.mysaline.com/cte-school. But in brief, CTE stands for Career Technical Education. Local high schools would have students preparing for careers in tech, medicine, and other skilled positions. Students would go to the school during their regular school day and receive high school credits for the classes.
This ballot measure means that registered voters will be asked to consider whether there will be a new countywide sales and use tax of 0.375% to build the school. Read below for the Quorum Court Ordinance. Below that is more about the CTE school itself.
The following is the Memorandum of Understanding between local schools.
