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Tags: Hillsborough County Schools, enrollment, construction

Beginning in 2010, Hillsborough County Schools will go three years without constructing a single new school because enrollment numbers are not expected to increase as quickly as in the past.

This morning, the Hillsborough School Board held a workshop on the district’s five-year construction plan.

Cathy Valdes is the school district’s chief facilities officer. “For three years we won’t be opening anything or budgeting anything, I mean, except what we already talked about budgeting.” ...