Navarro College is still a bargain in its Ellis County facilities: Waxahachie and Midlothian (rumors of an Ennis and Red Oak campus are still...rumors?)
A few thousand students don't like paying out-of-district tuition in Ellis County, but it will take a lot more than lobbying behind closed doors in Austin to convince Ellis County property owners to enact another property tax to pay for another government-run school.
That doesn't mean I'm not a fan of Navarro, but philosophically, I'm outright opposed to government-created monopolies. I bet if you allowed other entities to start their own taxpayer-financed campuses in Ellis County, the tuititon would be cheaper. Ever wonder why you don't see a Tarrant County College or Dallas County Community College in Ellis County's 952-square-mile confines? State law created a monopoly that only Navarro College could enter Ellis County with.
Anyway, the exact figure from the Texas Bond Review Board on Navarro College is:
$40,078,640
* I still own/control The Plymouth, N.H. Review and recently bought the Palmer Post; I launched the Milford Messenger and the Rice Reader (hence, four papers.)
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