Textbooks weren't part of the bid package for the new CHS, which were (above) opened recently, but lower than expected bids for the project are freeing up other funds to allow the purchase of new textbooks.

Low bids on new school free up funds for textbooks

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Ben Munro
in Area Headline News
Wednesday, March 11. 2009
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The benefits of a lower-than-expected price for the new Commerce High School will extend beyond construction.

With the bids coming in a couple million dollars lower than expected, Commerce can afford to adopt new textbooks for 2009-2010.


The school system needs about $81,000 locally to buy the new books, which can be paid for out of the surplus SPLOST.

“We’ll be able to take care of textbooks this year,” Commerce Superintendent James “Mac” McCoy said at Thursday night’s Board of Education (BOE) work session.

Textbooks were written into the SPLOST package.

Before the good news of the low high school bid, city school leaders had been tasked with finding the money for the textbook adoption amid bleak funding news from the state.

Schools aren’t required to adopt new textbooks by the state, but must keep up with curriculum changes.
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