Case Study: Thomaston Upson Schools

Funding

Funding was made through a capital expenditure through SPLOST (Special Local Option Sales Tax – 1 penny) for $1.2 million.  It was to go towards wiring, Activboards, projectors and training.

In order to make this successful, they verified first that the teachers wanted it and the students wanted it through initial installations.   The community was the obstacle and the previous SPLOST vote had failed with 65% voting “no.”  They showed this solution around the community to get buy in and won the SPLOST vote with a high margin with 65% voting yes this time.