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Johnston County Public Schools details bond-funded construction, reports Clayton High rebuild approved

Johnston County Public Schools · December 10, 2025
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Summary

Johnston County Public Schools released a progress update on 2022 and 2024 bond projects — including Cooper Academy renovations, a new Swift Creek Elementary and rapid work at Wilson's Mills High — and the district reported the Clayton High rebuild was unanimously approved by the Board of Education.

Johnston County Public Schools gave an overview of bond-funded construction and facility upgrades, reporting progress at multiple campuses and that the Johnston County Board of Education voted to approve a major rebuild of Clayton High School.

A district presentation highlighted completed and in-progress work funded by recent bonds: Cooper Academy received 20 new classrooms and upgraded support spaces; Swift Creek Elementary opened as a roughly 900-student capacity school; and Wilson's Mills High School is progressing on schedule with exterior work and interior sheetrock and priming under way for a targeted fall 2026 opening.

The transcript reports that during a 10/28/2025 special session the Johnston County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a Clayton High rebuild project. District materials described the planned 278,000-square-foot facility as including 99 teaching spaces, 19 career and technical education labs, 13 science labs, athletic facilities and an auditorium with seating for 762; district leaders cited a projected cost “more than $134,000,000.”

District officials also said recent additions at Cleveland High School allowed removal of all portable classrooms, improving internal circulation and campus security, and described near-term projects such as a six-classroom build-out at Thanksgiving Elementary and HVAC overhauls at Cleveland Elementary and 4 Oaks Elementary.

The presentation named several projects in design: additions at McGee’s Elementary, a metal-roof replacement at East Clayton Elementary and a track and tennis upgrade plus a press box at North Johnston High scheduled to start May 2026.

No additional board votes were described at the event; the district said construction on several projects is already underway and that the Johnston County Board of Commissioners will consider the Clayton High project during an upcoming November 2025 meeting.

The district did not provide a detailed line-item bond spending report in the presentation; specific timing and final budget approvals for some projects were reported as pending external approvals and later county-level actions.