King Goes Over Gym Details at Rison Meeting

RISON - Superintendent Davy King and the Cleveland County School Board held its second community meeting on the proposed 6-mill tax increase to fund construction of a new gym Monday evening inside the Rison gymnasium.The third and final community meeting on the millage will be held at 6:30 p.m. this Monday, Oct. 27, at the Kingsland School auditorium.King was a special guest on the Herald's Free Range Conversations podcast this week to provide details about the millage and how it would support the construction of a new gym at the Rison School campus and possibly help make improvements to Rison Elementary. The entire podcast can be accessed through the Herald's website at www. clevelandcountyherald.com or by streaming it on Apple podcast of Spotify. In September, the Cleveland County School Board unanimously approved a resolution to ask voters in the Cleveland County School District to approve a 6-mill tax increase that will generate about $12 million in construction funds to help build a new gym. The election will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at three polling sites within the school district: the New Edinburg Community Center, Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church and the Hall-Morgan Veterans Building in Rison. Early voting will be available from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, through Friday, Nov. 14, and on Monday, Nov. 17. All early voting will take place at the Hall-Morgan Veterans Building located at 404 Sycamore Street across from the courthouse in Rison.Monday was the second community meeting held on the millage with the first taking place Oct. 6 at the New Edinburg Community Center.King gave a digital slide presentation providing some background information about the millage and the gym at the start of the meeting. He noted that the existing gym was built in 1971 and has basically outlived its usefulness as a regularly-used facility.About 50 people were at the meeting. One person asked if t...