The POWER of A Penny
2021-2022 | CLASS ACT 15
New Construction and
Renovation Projects
Are Funded by
Everyone Who Shops
in Cherokee County
Cherokee County’s
1-percent Education Special
Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax (Ed SPLOST)
shows the power of a penny
when invested into supporting
schools.
Revenue from the sales
tax, which began at the
recommendation of a
blue-ribbon committee in
2001 of business, civic and
elected leaders and has
been renewed by voters
ever since, funds school
construction and major
renovations, as well as
other large capital costs
such as technology infrastructure.
The Ed SPLOST has
built 19 new schools in
CCSD and paid for major
renovations to just as
many, as well as constructed
office space and warehouses
to operate the
School District.
As the 2016 Ed-
SPLOST project list is
completed, voters will have
the opportunity to vote
November 2 to extend the
sales tax another five years
to complete additional new
construction and renovation
projects. The vote is
an extension of the existing
penny, it will not increase
the sales tax rate.
Eye to Efficiency
The School District has
been recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education
for its dedication to “green”
practices through a review
process that focuses closely
on school construction and
operations.
With every construction
project, CCSD’s facilities
2016 Ed SPLOST Projects
• Security foyers at
elementary and middle
schools
• Classroom addition at
Mill Creek MS
• Agriculture Science Lab
facility at Creekview HS
• Stadium restroom and
visitor’s fieldhouse addition
at Etowah HS
• Classroom addition to
Woodstock MS
• New auxiliary gymnasium
at Woodstock HS
• Healthcare science
classrooms and lab facility
at Sequoyah HS
• Replacement fuel island
for school buses
• Synthetic turf fields at all
six high school stadiums
Proposed 2021
Ed SPLOST Projects
• Replace Cherokee HS
• Replace Free Home ES
• Classroom addition at
Creekland MS
• Classroom and gym addition
at Creekview HS
• Woodstock HS classroom
addition
• Additional renovations
• Buses and technology
staff implements new
systems and materials to
increase efficiency and
conserve natural resources.
Schools now are constructed
or renovated with
four-pipe chilled water and
hot water systems to extend
equipment life expectancy;
variable speed pumping
systems; energy management/
control systems;
electric hand dryers; and
LED light fixtures -- all
greatly reducing energy
costs.
Auxiliary gymnasium at Woodstock HS.
Lockers are installed in the final
phases of a new classroom addition
at Woodstock MS.
School Board members tour the 24-classroom addition at Mill Creek
MS, which was completed in time for the 2020-21 school year.