Tocoi Creek High School, which opened successful 2021, nether construction. (St. Johns County School District)

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Four caller schools successful the adjacent 5 years.

That’s the program for St. Johns County, 1 of the fastest-growing counties successful the state.

The St. Johns County School Board approved a 5-year program Tuesday greeting and it includes plans to physique 1 caller simple school, 3 caller K-8 schools on with a schoolhouse enlargement astatine South Woods Elementary successful Elkton.

20 twelvemonth facilities program for the St. Johns County School District. (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.)

The territory said gathering the caller schools volition trim the percent of portable classrooms utilized successful the territory from 19% to 1% by 2025.

The territory has said nary caller precocious schools volition beryllium built successful the adjacent 5 years due to the fact that the territory has maxed retired its recognition card, truthful to speak, and can’t get immoderate much money. But Beachside High School successful the Beachwalk assemblage is expected to beryllium finished adjacent summertime and unfastened for the 2022-23 schoolhouse year.

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The district’s semipermanent program calls for 19 caller schools successful the adjacent 20 years.

The schoolhouse territory grew much than 7% this twelvemonth and the census showed a 44% summation successful the region colonisation successful the past 10 years.

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