IF YOU GOWhat: Town hall meeting regarding ESPLOST IV.When: From 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30,Where: The Colonnade Theater, Benton Place Campus.Additional information about Catoosa County’s ESPLOST can be found online here.
Taxes may be universally disliked, but three times since 1996 Catoosa County voters have approved a self-imposed 1-percent Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, ESPLOST.
Residents can learn more about ESPLOST Sept. 30 when Superintendent Denia Reese and board members of Catoosa County Public Schools will outline the next five-year “pennies for pupils” plan during a town hall meeting at The Colonnade from 6 to 8 p.m.
“We just want to remind folks about how critical this is to allow us to stay current with the needs of the county,” said Catoosa County Public Schools board chairman Don Dycus. “I can’t imagine life without it.”
Voters generally consider it not as a necessary evil, but as a force for good in local schools since all ESPLOST revenue is earmarked for school construction or capital projects.