Beaufort County school board member Michael Rivers made some very good points in the discussion over $150,000 owed to Beaufort County as a result of a library lease at St. Helena Elementary School. It's money from taxpayers, no matter how you look at it. He's also right that the school district had a much larger financial beef with County Council over money owed the school district under the New River tax-increment financing agreement.

But the school board wants the county to abide by the agreement it signed going forward, and the board is right to honor its commitments, too.

Read more of today's opinion column on our site later tonight, or pick up a copy of Tuesday's paper.

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