Bluff View referendum campaign intensifies

Thu, 09/21/2017 - 9:34am

The next week is chockablock with events surrounding the referendum election where voters will decide the fate of a proposed expansion to Bluff View Elementary School to make room for pre-school programs and wrap-around daycare for children in those programs.

As early as today (Sept. 21) Lake City Public Schools is planning to mail a card containing renderings of the expansion and information about it.

Friday is the first day voters can cast absentee ballots in the election.

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