Mount Olive Elementary School construction update meeting

Fulton County Schools will hold a meeting Oct. 20 to present construction and design information for the replacement Mount Olive Elementary School in East Point. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at Woodland Middle School, 2745 Stone Road in East Point.

The new elementary school is currently under construction at the former Mount Olive site and is scheduled to open in August 2015. The school is part of Fulton County Schools’ five-year eSPLOST capital program.

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