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Lee High cost 12 million dollars, and has room for 1200 students.

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And Wise County is getting ready to spend 12 million on two gyms that won't be big enough to seat the entire student body at each school, much less host an athletic event.

I hope Pound gets to keep their school, as well as Appalachia, St. Paul, Powell Valley, Kelly, and Coeburn. We all can say that we want the best for the children of Wise County and have different opinions about what is actually best, but it's gonna boil down to one thing, money. I pay a pretty good amount in property taxes, and quite frankly, I can't afford to pay much more than what I'm paying now. I know there are a lot of folks that have a harder time paying them than I do. Baby boomers are beginning to turn 60 years old and that means more and more people are retiring. Retirees and others on fixed incomes can't afford to pay considerably more in property taxes, regardless of whether it is to fund renovations or build new schools.



[/ QUOTE ]Lee's property tax doubled in the 2 years after the school was built. What if the population of the county declines and the keep raising the rest to keep up , as lee has?