School Bond Passes in King George
Funds will support construction of a new elementary school.
By Adele Uphaus
MANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT
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Voters in King George on Tuesday approved a referendum authorizing the county to issue a bond of up to $57 million to support construction of a new elementary school.
According to the Virginia Public Access Project, 57.5% of voters supported the bond measure, as opposed to 42.5% who were against it. A majority of voters in all five county precincts supported the measure.
The funds will be used “for the purpose of financing the costs of the acquisition, design, construction and equipping of a new pre-K-5th grade elementary school that will serve the residents and students of King George County.”
According to information about the bond referendum published by the school division, the plan is to demolish the old middle school building off Dahlgren Road and “replace the unsafe building with a new one that would house a pre-K through 5th grade elementary school.”
Up until this year, the county’s preschool programs were housed in a building on St. Anthony’s Road, but that building also has been deemed unsafe for students, and preschool programs were moved to King George Elementary School.
This is leading to crowded conditions at King George Elementary, which is operating at 90% of its capacity. Sealston Elementary is operating at 106% of its capacity and King George High School at 102% of its capacity.
Enrollment in King George schools is projected to grow by 2% each year and all school buildings will be over capacity by 2031 if there is no new construction.
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