By Diana Lucio
Published: Sat, November 03, 2007 - 11:37 pm
The future site of Saraland's new high school lies near Chickasabogue Creek. The Saraland School Board says this 83 acre area will include a football stadium, fields for baseball, softball, soccer and a lake side environmental study center. The estimated cost is just under 30 million dollars. It is what the Saraland School Board says they have to build after they split from the Mobile County School system.Short URL: http://wkrg.com/a/6561/
"We did not think that we were getting adequate funding and construction and maintenance from the Mobile County School System," said Bill Silver, Saraland School Board.
The split will go into effect next fall, leaving Saraland with Saraland elementary and Nelson Adams Middle school. Which means students already attending Mobile County High Schools will have to wait until the new high school opens in August of 2009 to attend. But they have options.
"Students who are going to high school somewhere else the county agreed to let them stay in those schools until they finish it," said Silver.
The school board says the new school will be funded by an approved half cent sales tax increase.
Zachary Cunningham says he cannot wait to have the option of attending a brand new high school in his hometown. Cunningham goes to school in Satsuma. And he already has an opinion, when it comes to a school mascot.
"Oh I think I'd go for the Spartans. How come? Because it sounds like they're tough, "said Cunningham.
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congrats to saraland i have lived there and it is a great place to live. i am a graduate of murphy high school ,however the entire state of alabama let their public schools get to a low level of education. i moved out of the state to get my child a better education. i hope saraland has learned from mobile county and does not repeat their mistakes.