Venetia Elementary rebuild clears another hurdle
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Plans to rebuild Venetia Elementary School in Jacksonville are moving forward, but not without some conditions attached.What was decidedThe Joint Planning Committee, bringing together representatives from the City of Jacksonville and Duval County Public Schools, met Friday to continue discussions on the future of Venetia Elementary School.The committee approved moving forward with the school board’s master facility plan to tear down and rebuild the school with a capacity of 840 students. Renovating the existing building was taken off the table entirely.Officials say it would cost more to renovate than to simply rebuild from the ground up.RELATED | Duval County parents push back on 1,200-seat Venetia Elementary expansionThe conditionsThat approval came with conditions. The committee is recommending a traffic study to address concerns about ingress and egress in the area of Roosevelt Boulevard and Timucuan Road before the project moves forward.How the plan got hereThe plan has been revis