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🌱 Scottsboro's $70 million school plan faces questions over long-term costs

Scottsboro, Alabama Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Scottsboro's $70 million school plan faces questions over long-term costs
  • New classification, same champions: Scottsboro runners sweep state titles
  • Remembering Leah Suttle Boykin, longtime Scottsboro church member

Also on today's calendar: Turkey Trot 5k and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 68 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with a passing shower, temps: high: 58, low: 38.
  • Friday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 48 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SCS $70 million Plan (clarionnews.org) — Scottsboro school officials are seeking roughly $70 million for construction and improvements, including a new junior high, but city council members question the long-term costs. The proposal would refinance about $14 million in city-held school debt to expand borrowing capacity. No final agreement was approved November 2, and officials hope to complete financing before Christmas.
   

• Scottsboro wins Class 4A Cross Country girls and boys team, individual state crowns (jcsentinel.com) — Scottsboro's move to Class 4A didn't slow its cross country teams, which swept the girls and boys state championships Saturday. Banks Bradford and Ryder Linville also won individual titles, with Linville edging teammate and cousin Keyton Allen by less than a second. The programs now have 45 team state titles combined.
   

• Leah Suttle Boykin (clarionnews.org) — Leah Suttle Boykin, a longtime Scottsboro church member and office manager at Boykin Tractor Co., died November 2 at 93. She served Scottsboro Cumberland Presbyterian Church as a Sunday school teacher, elder and choir member, and worked at the family business for 34 years. Her family remembers her faith, hospitality and love of gathering relatives around her table.
   

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    Nurse Practitioners are on the frontlines of health care, increasing equitable access to quality care. ADPH would like to thank all our NP colleagues… (Nextdoor )
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Scottsboro

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