Sparta To Approve Zoning For New School

A vote by the Sparta Board of Mayor and Alderman will clear the way for a new Findlay Elementary Thursday.

The board will hold the first reading of a zoning ordinance during its regular meeting.

White County Schools Director Kurt Dronebarger said the property next to the current Findlay Elementary was zoned industrial because of it’s proximity to the nearby industrial park. The vote will change that zoning to allow a school to be built.

The county owned land will be traded to the school district in exchange for a different piece of land elsewhere in the county. That will allow the school board to build a new Findlay Elementary right next to the old school.

Dronebarger said he hopes work can begin on the new school this winter.