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Metter has big plans for K-8 school
Candler County system waiting on November ESPLOST vote
Metter elementary for Web
A classroom inside Metter Elementary school is shown above. If an ESPLOST referendum passes in November, a new school will be built to house kindergarten through eighth grade. - photo by Special
The Candler County Board of Education decided recently to put on hold plans for a new Kindergarten through 8th grade campus until voters get the chance to decide an ESPLOST referendum in November. The board approved a referendum to be placed on the Nov. 2 General Election ballot to continue the Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST). If approved the monies from the penny tax would be used to combine three existing schools into one new K-8 campus.
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