The Christian County School Board approved the Nickel Tax question as it will appear on a ballot in the November general election and heard a presentation about traffic mitigation efforts at Millbrooke Elementary.
Construction is currently underway on the bridge on Millbrooke Drive by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which cuts off traffic from reaching the school from Country Club Lane. Millbrooke Principal Ryan Amerson says this presents a sizable problem, as the construction is set to continue into the school year and about half of their student population is dropped off by their parents at the school.
School traffic has been an issue on Millbrooke Drive for some time, even without the bridge work, so Amerson says they’re going to construct a drop off lane that goes around the building that they can continue to use in the future.
He says they have other mitigation efforts set to take place, including making a temporary four-way stop at the intersection of Millbrooke and Pyle Lane, implanting a ‘Bike It or Hike It’ campaign and establishing shuttle locations at Food Lion and the Canton Pike Walmart. Amerson says they’ll host open houses, place all-calls and update parents through their Facebook page to help everyone stay in the loop on what is happening while construction is ongoing.
In other action, the board approved the Nickel Tax ballot question as part of the ‘consent agenda’. The question read as—“Are you for or against the Christian County Board of Education levying an additional equivalent tax rate of five cents on each $100 of real and personal property to raise funds to be used only for major renovation of existing school facilities, new construction, and debt service on that construction or renovation?”
The school system says new revenue gained from the tax hike would be used for bonding on construction of a new academic building at Hopkinsville High School.