School officials dedicate new school

Franklin county school officials together with a small group of local residents showed up for yesterday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Franklin County Consolidated School. The school located, at 1250 U.S. Highway 98 in Eastpoint, opened in August 2008 for grades K-12 and cost the district approximately $52 million to construct the new facility.

During the ceremony Superintendent of Schools Jo Ann Gander told those gathered that, “people from throughout the district and from all over the panhandle, when they come by are impressed with this building… my dream, is for them to be impressed with the educational delivery that we are providing for our children”.

The ceremony started promptly at 7PM in the schools media center and ended with the superintendent and school board members cutting the ribbon and serving refreshments in the schools brand new cafeteria.

You can view a portion of the dedication ceremony and pictures of the new school by clicking the video below.