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🌱 How a 1% tax could finally modernize Fort Chiswell schools

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  • How a 1% tax could finally modernize Fort Chiswell schools

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📰 News we're reading

• Voters in Pulaski, Wythe and Giles counties will decide on a 1% school sales tax in November (wsls.com) — Fort Chiswell families could see long-awaited school renovations if voters in Wythe, Pulaski, and Giles counties approve a 1% sales tax for school construction this November. Local leaders say Fort Chiswell High and other aging schools urgently need HVAC upgrades, safety improvements, and major repairs, and emphasize that visitors would shoulder a large share of the tax burden.
   

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