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Marion school board splits on North End rezoning; staff to return with revised plan and schedule rule development
Summary
Board members debated combining SPAR and Anthony Elementary into one new school, moving students to Reddick, and whether to promise new construction before rezoning. Board asked staff for an updated plan on March 5, rescheduled community meetings for after spring break, and set rule-development and public‑hearing dates for April.
The Marion County School Board spent most of its Feb. 19 work session debating a contentious attendance-boundary proposal for the North End that would combine SPAR and Anthony Elementary into a single campus and restructure nearby zones.
Staff (Mr. Whitehouse) presented a proposal to build a combined SPAR–Anthony school on the SPAR site, with construction beginning in 2028 and a projected opening in August 2029. Staff said the board could free sales-tax funding (including an earlier $3.8 million site-survey earmark) to help fund a new campus and reported an available funding pool they characterized as roughly $55,000,000 for projects in the planning horizon. Staff contrasted a new-build prototype (roughly $45,000,000 adaptable) with an addition/renovation scenario (~$31,500,000) and estimated…
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