The Lowndes County School District board will meet Monday to discuss a proposed bond issue that could allow the district to expand and renovate district facilities.
The county school board voted earlier this month to let residents in the district decide whether to move forward with the bond. The board has pinpointed Feb. 3 as the day voters will head to the polls. The board has not stated publicly what projects the bond will include or what it will cost.
It will be the second time in less than six months that voters in the county district will vote on a school bond issue.
In late August, voters rejected a $47 million bond proposal that would have built a new vocational center and a new high school at New Hope, as well as numerous capital improvement throughout the district. That vote saw 51.87 percent people support the bond. It required a 60-percent approval for passage, however.
The LCSD board voted 3-2 to put the matter back on the ballot. Board members Jacqueline Gray and Brian Clark voted against the proposal, with Gray saying, “I’d like to point out that just a few months ago took this to the voters and they said, ‘No.'”
Wright, in response, pointed out that more than 50 percent of people voted in favor of the bond in August.
On Friday, Lowndes County Circuit Clerk Haley Salazar told The Dispatch the Feb. 3 vote will cost the county roughly $20,000 to undertake. She said the county intends to use paper ballots, which will help reduce costs.
The LCSD board will meet at noon Monday at the district’s central office.
William Browning was managing editor for The Dispatch until June 2016.
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