ESPLOST dollars at work at three Catoosa County schools

RINGGOLD — The Catoosa County Board of Education got an update at its Jan. 9 meeting on three ESPLOST V projects going on at local schools.

Mike Sholl, director of operations for Catoosa County Public Schools, provided information and showed board members pictures of the progress being made at two elementary schools and one high school. The big project — a facility equitability and safety project at Graysville Elementary School — is aimed at improving instruction space and safety for students.

“The old part of the school,” says Catoosa Schools Communications Specialist Marissa Brower, “is 67 years old and has pod classrooms that don’t facilitate instruction very well. That part of the school is being removed and a new wing is being added.”

Graysville will also enjoy a new entrance designed with security in mind.

The other ESPLOST V projects board members were updated on were the remodeling of the media center at Battlefield Elementary School and the new sign Battlefield Parkway commuters have seen in front of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School.

ESPLOST V funds have also been earmarked to cover projects that include updating security, updating playground equipment, purchasing new school buses, purchasing iPads and Chromebooks for students, and maintaining facilities.

Tamara Wolk, Catoosa County News