Quote Originally Posted by JJK guy View Post
At a BOS meeting a few weeks ago, Dr. Perry was asking the board to approve a plan by mid-November so the school system could apply for a state grant, which he believed they would qualify. He said the school board would consider any consolidation plan the BOS would approve, but this was time sensitive as the school board would need time apply for this multi-million dollar grant.
Then Fred Luntsford, ardent opponent of progress, asked what it would take for a 2-on-1 plan. He said he would support that because (and this is basically a direct quote) he hates the idea of consolidation but felt like because the two towns in his district (Appy and Pound) would be losing their schools, he wanted to see as many other communities lose theirs.
As I understand it, the three reps from Wise (Bates, Kilgore, and Atkins) each voted to approve a plan to build three new schools in BSG, Wise, and Coeburn...but they were the only three to vote "yea" on this. Then they voted to build two new schools in just Wise and BSG...but again they were the three to support this. Finally the 2-on-1 plan came to a vote and the three from Wise voted yea as well as district 1 reps, Luntsford (from Appy) and Short (from Pound).


That was the only way Appy was going to get a gym for the grade school. The people from BSG need to grow up and remember it not alway about you.