Some good news came down from Senator Lowe Finney’s office late last week as the necessary funding for Carroll Academy was approved by Governor Bredesen. This allows the school for at risk students to once again keep its doors open for next school year. Carroll County Mayor Kenny McBride told the Carroll County News Leader that it was a good day for Carroll County. Mayor McBride went on to state in the article that it was a bipartisan effort among the legislative delegation of the five counties that send students to Carroll Academy.
Approximately 75 students currently attend Carroll Academy and those would have been turned over to the state’s juvenile justice system had the funding for next year not been approved in the amount of 650 thousand dollars.
Nearly three thousand students have gone thru Carroll
Academy since the school opened its doors in 1994. Plans are to put the school in the state budget as a line item since its proven to be effective for the last 16 years so this doesn’t keep happening every year where worries of lack of funding continue.
Carroll Academy receives additional funding from the other counties that send students along with grants and donations to keep the doors open. The annual budget is around 900 thousand dollars, which is still less than the estimated 59 thousand per student that it would likely require per year to keep these students in the state’s juvenile system.
The Paris Lions Club will have their annual Chili Day today from 11am this morning until 7pm tonight. Its World Famous Lions Club Chili, pie, and drink for only 8 dollars. Delivery is available on orders of five or more in the Paris area. The event will be held at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Tickets are available from Lions Club Members or can be purchased at the door. For delivery orders call 642-0478.
Bruceton-Hollow Rock T-ball, baseball and soft sign-ups will be held this coming Saturday, February 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Twin City Community Church. Cost is $55 for 1 child or $100 for 2 or more children. Call 415-0258 or 415-8960 or 694-6444 for more information on the sign ups.
