School System Gets Assurance On Roadwork At New Elementary School

Oconee County Board of Commissioners Chairman John Daniell appeared at the Monday meeting of the Oconee County Board of Education to reassure Board of Education members that the county is moving expeditiously on roadwork around Dove Creek Elementary School, set to open next school year.

Daniell’s comments followed questions from Board of Education members about the county’s work on the entrances to the school at the Jan. 22 meeting and again on Monday and reports from Facilities Director Jake Grant that the county was behind on the project.

Daniell said the county has met with the state and soon will be submitting an application for the permits needed to create the school entrances off Hog Mountain Road, a state route.

“We don’t anticipate any problems at this time” in having the work done by the beginning of the school year, Daniell said.

In other action on Monday, the Board of Education approved, with little additional discussion, the spending of $2.2 million to replace the synthetic tracks and to replace the natural turf with artificial turf at the system’s two high school stadiums.

For more on the story, including a video of the Feb. 5 meeting, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Amy Parrish, Superintendent Jason Branch, Wayne Bagley, Tim Burgess, with John Daniell at podium.