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Highlands County superintendent details $56.7 million in school projects funded by half‑cent sales tax
Summary
Superintendent Brenda Longshore said the half‑cent sales tax approved by Highlands County voters in 2016 has generated $63.9 million and enabled $56.7 million in school investments, including safety systems, buses, HVAC and student devices.
Brenda Longshore, superintendent of Highlands County Schools, outlined how the half‑cent sales tax approved by county voters in 2016 has funded district projects, saying the measure has “generated $63,900,000 in revenue” and that “to date, we have spent $56,700,000 on essential projects that directly benefit our students and staff.”
Longshore said the district serves approximately 12,000 students across three high schools, four middle schools, 10 elementary schools, the Highlands Career Institute and Highlands Virtual School. She described…
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