Editor’s note: This is part three of a three-part series and focuses on building a $138 million high school for growing Rutherford County to relieve overcrowding at Blackman and Stewarts Creek high schools.Part two focuses on the county’s $300 million jail project to replace the aging and overcrowded Adult Detention Center.Part one focuses on competing taxpayer dollars for the jail and high school projects.
Rutherford County Schools Director Jimmy Sullivan views a $138 million high school project as higher priority than a $300 million jail, a debate county officials are having amid budget discussions.
A high school project Sullivan and the Board of Education are requesting comes at a time when government officials also are pursuing a $300 million jail project to replace an aging and overcrowded Rutherford County Adult Detention Center in Murfreesboro…