E-SPLOST vote serves as referendum on new SEB High School construction

New Southeast Bulloch High, key in plan to add classrooms, slated for July 2026 groundbreaking

Assistant Principal Marla Sumner gets a big hug from first grader Kathryn Stanton while greeting students on the first day of school at Nevils Elementary back in August. A vote to extend the E-SPLOST penny sales tax is on the Nov. 4 ballot that will help fund planned Bulloch County school district capitol projects. (SCOTT BRYANT/Herald file)

E-SPLOST file — Assistant Principal Marla Sumner gets a big hug from first grader Kathryn Stanton while greeting students on the first day of school at Nevils Elementary back in August. A vote to extend the E-SPLOST penny sales tax is on the Nov. 4 ballot that will help fund planned Bulloch County school district capitol projects. (SCOTT BRYANT/Herald file)

If Bulloch County voters in the current election rejected the proposed sixth five-year installment of the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, the resulting uncertainty would halt plans for construction of a new 2,000-student Southeast Bulloch High School to begin in July 2026.