The ink isn't dry on the contracts yet, but the Walton County School Board unanimously voted to purchase land in the so-called New Town Center for a new south Walton County high school. According to board member Darrell Barnhill, the board is still negotiating with the Walton County Board of County Commissioners on the infrastructure price per acre.
Infrastructure includes items such as sewers, roadways and water.
Within the 32 acres being purchased, there are still small pockets of wetland. Barnhill said the next step is to prepare a contract to purchase the land. Construction is under way on a new high school for the community of Freeport. The Sverdrup firm was hired as the construction manager for the next five years. Barnhill said if the board decides to go with a mirror of the Freeport school at the South Walton site, the plan is already drawn.