The Fayette County Schools' Facilities Advisory Action Committee will meet Thursday, July 27 between 7 and 9:45 p.m. at the LaFayette Education Center, building A in the media center.

School finance director Jim Stephens will discuss school system finances and where exactly the money comes from to run a school district.

Fayetteville resident and tax attorney Claude Paquin will give a presentation on how bonds and property taxes can finance new school construction. Paquin said he will supply handouts to illustrate exactly how much property tax will be needed for new schools versus the cost of having a special local option sales tax, an initiative that was defeated twice by Fayette County voters.

Fayette County School Superintendent John DeCotis announced that the meeting is open to the community, in addition to members of the advisory committees.

— Pat Newman