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JPS Needs More Time For Metrocenter Move

Last Update: 7/30 7:54 pm

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(opendns.com)

For nearly two hours, Jackson Public School board members listened to Jackson developer David Watkins as he presented plans to move administrative buildings to Metrocenter mall. It's a move that could save millions of dollars, Watkins said.

"It's pretty innovative, pretty 21st century thinking," added Watkins. "As a businessman in this city with a substantial investment in the future of this city, who's hiring people who graduate from public schools in this city, it's big for me."

As a 20-year lease-purchase agreement, JPS would sell downtown land, stay on the city's tax roll, and contribute to city development, noted Watkins. In three years Metrocenter tax increases are expected to generate $367,000 per year. But school board members need more time to decide whether to agree to the project.

"How can we finance it? Is it a good location?" asked board member Dr. Otha Burton. "Can we still keep, which is the primary responsibility, putting the education of our kids first?"

For years board members have known they needed to make a move. The adminstrative buildings pose health problems: Abestos, a building material that can cause cancer, is present.

"If we don't move, then we'll eventually have to spend money to make it a better place," noted Burton.

If approved, the plan to move headquarters would be next summer. A school board vote could happen as early as August.

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