E-SPLOST, bonds and school building projects: An explainer for the March 24 special election - Gainesville Times

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E-SPLOST, bonds and school building projects: An explainer for the March 24 special election

Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield, left, and Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams speak Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Gainesville Rotary Club meeting on the proposed Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and bond referendums that could fund new schools in the county and city. - photo by Scott Rogers

02252020 ESPLOST 2.jpg — Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield, left, and Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams speak Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Gainesville Rotary Club meeting on the proposed Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and bond referendums that could fund new schools in the county and city. - photo by Scott Rogers

With more ambitious construction programs than in the past, the financing future for Gainesville and Hall County is something of a mixture as the districts approach school-related referendums on the March 24 ballot.