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13.5 Acres of school land given away

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Alan Osborne

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Did anyone know that in 1998 and 1999 the county allowed Sandestin to change 13.5 acres of dedicated public school site land to Medium to high Density residential neighborhood in parcel 442, because the land wasn't needed for a school. The proceeds were supposed to go back to the county but I can't find a record of it. Isn't it nice that Sandestin needed density more than the public needed a school site. The letter is dated Feb 23, 1998 and is available in the public record.:bang:
 
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Alan Osborne said:
Did anyone know that in 1998 and 1999 the county allowed Sandestin to change 13.5 acres of dedicated public school site land to Medium to high Density residential neighborhood in parcel 442, because the land wasn't needed for a school. The proceeds were supposed to go back to the county but I can't find a record of it. Isn't it nice that Sandestin needed density more than the public needed a school site. The letter is dated Feb 23, 1998 and is available in the public record.:bang:


" You can't fix Stupid"
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What about the Sandestin Academy? Is that still around, does it count as a school?
 
I attended a meeting in 2004 in which it was stated by a county school official that "families with children were no longer moving into south Walton" so there was no need to enlarge or add to existing facilities. :blink:
 
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It was a public school site.

AAbsolute said:
What about the Sandestin Academy? Is that still around, does it count as a school?
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According to the development order it was a designated public scool site from 1976 until given away in 1998/1999. It has nothing to do with any academy.:pissed:
 
We are obviously not going to get the land back, so are you trying to find out who received the proceeds? And how much?
 
I asked the BCC

jdarg said:
We are obviously not going to get the land back, so are you trying to find out who received the proceeds? And how much?
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I think this should have been a noticed public special hearing, but be that as it may, I asked the BCC last night did we ever recieve payment and how much. For reference parcel 442 is Mack bayou point subdivision. That whole area was suppossed to be a school site. You can see the video on the Walton Democratic web site under commissioners video.
 
Alan Osborne said:
I think this should have been a noticed public special hearing, but be that as it may, I asked the BCC last night did we ever recieve payment and how much. For reference parcel 442 is Mack bayou point subdivision. That whole area was suppossed to be a school site. You can see the video on the Walton Democratic web site under commissioners video.
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Thanks. Is someone looking into the answers to your questions?
 
No "official" answers here, but I remember bits and pieces from 1998/1999. The County Government center on 331 was underway. I do not remember if SWHS had been approved at that point or not, but the general consensus was that there was plenty of land in the "Town Center" for one or two centrally located schools. Butler Elementary was in business, the middle school kids were at Bay, and nobody foresaw the need for more.

I vagely remember someone saying that Sandestin was too far west for a school. There was also something about archaeology brought up. Not long afterward, two of my friends contracted with Adams Homes to build at Mack Bayou Pointe.
 
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