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New Eastside High slated to open for 2021 school year
Eastside High School

COVINGTON, Ga. – The Newton County School System plans to open Eastside High School’s new facility at the start of the 2021-22 school year, according to a school system spokesperson.

The board of education recently approved the purchase of 107 acres on the county’s east side for construction of the new school.

Sherri Davis, NCSS Director of Public Relations, said invitations for bids on the project will be released in June with a construction timeline of June 2019-June 2021.

Davis said the entrance to the property is located on State Route 142 between property owned by East Newton Baptist Church and Central Church of Christ.