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NCSS to start $5 million negotiation with county
Porter-Hall-Facility
The Newton County School Board (BOE) has agreed to engage in financial negotiations with the Newton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) that could eventually lead to the renovation and expansion of the Porter Hall Facility. With the 5-0 vote at the BOE work session Tuesday night, a lawyer representing the Newton County School System (NCSS) and the county attorney will flesh out the terms of the intergovernmental agreement that will allow the BOC to make a $5 million donation to the Newton County School System (NCSS) to be used specially for this project. However, this approval doesn’t mean