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Bessemer board makes presentation on May 2 school bond proposal

BESSEMER - Proponents of a May 2 bond issue gathered in the A.D. Johnston High School multi-purpose room in Bessemer Tuesday evening to discuss the bond and project. No one spoke in opposition.

Beth Steiger, a school board member, made the presentation - chosen because she missed the last board meeting, she said.

"What are we going to do for citizens of the future?" asked Steiger, adding that the town owes it to the children and their future to pass the bond and remodel the school.

Steiger said Bessemer has 93 out-of-district students who come to Bessemer because of its quality education, whil...