The Lowndes County School District board of trustees has voted to move forward with certain state Department of Environmental Quality tests on one of the sites being considered for the $11 million centralized career-technical center.
The vote took place during a one-hour executive session Tuesday. Board members, after the meeting ended, would offer no other details.
Superintendent Lynn Wright told The Dispatch after the meeting the board had yet to finalize a site for its $11 million centralized career-technical center, but had voted to move forward with the environmental tests on one of the potential sites.
The site being tested is located on Highway 12 north of Columbus Nissan, Wright said. It is made up of four parcels, all under the same ownership, totaling 18.4 acres. Wright declined to name the owner of the site. He said he did not know how much the environmental tests would cost.
The board approved $800,000 to purchase land for the site of the vo-tech center. The land purchased must be at least 12 acres. Project architect Joey Henderson had previously told the board he wanted a site to be chosen by August.
On September 15, the district sold $44 million in voter-approved general obligation bonds. LCSD has until September of 2018 to spend that money. The $11 million career-technical center was a selling point for the bond issue when presented in May.
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