Planning begins for new 5-year school SPLOST

No new schools, but renovations, technology and other expenses

Superintendent Charles Wilson, seated between Board of Education members Cheri Wagner, left, and Maurice Hill, right, talks to the newly formed ESPLOST committee. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

Wilson-ESPLOST — Superintendent Charles Wilson, seated between Board of Education members Cheri Wagner, left, and Maurice Hill, right, talks to the newly formed ESPLOST committee. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

With a community committee meeting Wednesday, the Bulloch County Schools kicked off planning to extend the Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for five more years. The referendum is proposed for Nov. 7, 2017, even though the current five-year run of the tax doesn’t expire until Dec. 31, 2018. To shoppers, the tax is a penny on each dollar spent in Bulloch County, a penny they are already paying.