CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - Clayton County's school board is moving ahead with a $246 million plan to replace North Clayton High School with a massive facility that includes a golf course and indoor soccer fields.

"The community deserves this brand-new structure," Jessie Goree, Clayton County Board of Education member, told FOX 5. "We've needed it for quite some time."

What we know:

The Clayton County School Board plans to demolish the existing North Clayton High School and construct a new, four-story, X-shaped complex in its place.

The estimated cost is $246 million, with more than $228 million earmarked for construction alone.

Goree, who represents the district the high school is in, said the funding will come from SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) dollars, not property ta

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