St. Johns County (Fla.) district approves plan to build 4 new schools in the next 5 years

The St. Johns County (Fla.) district is planning to build four schools in the next five years. 

The plan calls for building one K-5 elementary school and three K-8 schools, reports WJXT News. 

The new schools will reduce the percentage of portable classrooms used in the district from 19% to 1% by 2025.

Borrowing limits will prevent the district from planning any new high school campuses in the next five years, officials say. But one campus--Beachside High--already is under construction and is set to open in 2022.

The district’s long-term plan calls for 19 new schools in the next 20 years.