PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) – Teachers and staff are setting up classrooms at the new Veterans Elementary School in Palmetto ahead of the first day of school on Aug. 10.
The school will serve students in kindergarten through fifth grade. About 300 students are expected to enroll this year, though the campus is built to hold up to 969.
Principal Laura Campbell said the school has been under construction for more than a year and a half. Campbell, who grew up in Manatee County and has spent 24 years in education, is now leading the new campus…