School Board Receives Facilities Plan With New Middle School

The Oconee County Board of Education on Monday is expected to take another step toward construction of a third middle school for the county.

Jake Grant, director of Facilities for Oconee County Schools, presented to the Board at its work session this past Monday a facilities plan for July 1, 2020, through, June 30, 2024, that includes as its top and most expensive item $6.9 million as partial funding for a new middle school.

State law requires the school system to have the plan in place before it can obtain state funds for projects on the list.

A state Validation Team has visited the county and examined the plan, Grant told the Board.

The Board will be asked to pass a resolution approving of the plan at its regular meeting on Monday.

The plan also includes money for renovations and modifications of five of the system’s six elementary schools, of its only primary school, and of both of it’s existing middle schools as well as additions and modifications to its two high schools.

For details on the facilities plan and other actions at the School Board meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations. A video of the meeting is embedded in the post.