Forsyth County, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools discuss $8 million bailout, school consolidations

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has updated the amount of its existing deficit from $42 million to $46 million.

That revelation was made in the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners briefing on Monday, where the district formally requested help from Forsyth County taxpayers to address their budget woes.

The district’s request is for $3.9 million to be re-allocated and for the county to give them a one-time payment of $4.7 million. It’s a total of $8.6 million to address debt obligations…

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