Birmingham city leaders are holding out a bit longer before they show any support for a Birmingham-Southern bailout.
At the meeting Tuesday, they touted the school’s impact on the local community, and called a potential closure a “horrifying prospect.” Councilor Valerie Abbott, a Birmingham-Southern graduate, added that the school has helped strengthen the city’s workforce, and closing it would be “an incredible disaster for Birmingham.
Of the $30 million request in state funding, BSC officials asked for $12.5 million in federally-issued pandemic recovery funds, and $17.5 million from the Education Trust Fund. It’s unclear when the council will hold another vote. But members made clear that they want to have deeper conversations with the school -- as well as the community -- before a decision is made.
“During a crucial time when students are hurting and families can’t afford simple basics like food and shelter, the Birmingham City Council just frivolously gives away $5 million to a private school,” Carlos Chaverst Jr. wrote in an email to council members Monday evening.
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