TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – At Lawhon Elementary, there are two bathrooms for hundreds of students in the 2nd and 3rd-grade building.

Some students have to go into the main building to use the restroom. Tupelo Public School Superintendent Dr. Rob Picou said overhauling the restroom facilities in older buildings is just one part of the proposed bond package.

“It upgrades our bathrooms at the elementary level. Some older schools, like Lawhon, have 200 kids, between students, using three toilets. We will expand that for those students,” Dr. Picou said.

The bond money will also help ease overcrowding across the district.

“Not only will we have bond resources, we also have an operating fund, which will increase resources and classroom spaces where we have a need. You talk to just about any eleme

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