Classrooms And Sports Fields Ready For School Start, Board Told

Oconee County High School will have 12 classrooms ready for use when students return on Aug. 1, rather than the eight originally scheduled to be ready for the beginning of the school year, Jake Grant, director of facilities, told the Board of Education on Monday.

Grant also said that the replacement of the tracks at North Oconee High School and Oconee County High School and the installation of artificial turf at the stadium fields for the two schools is on schedule and will be completed for the first home football games of the year.

Grant told the Board how pleased he was that he was able to turn over the completed new Dove Creek Elementary School on Hog Mountain Road in the far west of the county to its principal on May 30 so she could prepare for the opening of school on Aug. 1.

The director of facilities told the Board that the paving of the roadway leading to the entrance to Dove Creek Elementary is behind schedule, but he said he had been told it will be ready for the ribbon cutting ceremony and school tours the Board has planned for 10 a.m. on July 24.

For more on the story, with pictures of the new schools and facilities and a video of the Board of Education meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: New Dove Creek Elementary School.