With the school year now underway, Forsyth County is planning ahead despite a recent slowdown in growth.
Superintendent Dr. Mitch Young says while the county’s rapid development has slowed in recent years, Forsyth remains focused on smart, long-term planning. “We continue to do our five-year projections,” he said. “Our facilities department does a tremendous job of pinpointing our growth and developing that; it feeds into when we get ready to do a SPLOST referendum.”
Leaders are eyeing the construction of a new elementary school and expansions at select middle and high schools. This all depends on voter approval of a proposed extension of the one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for education, which will be on the ballot this November…