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Amid new economic climate, school superintendents speak about votes on sales tax, bonds

Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield, left, and Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams speak Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Gainesville Rotary Club meeting on the proposed Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and bond referendums that could fund new schools in the county and city. - photo by Scott Rogers

02252020 ESPLOST 2.jpg — Hall County Schools Superintendent Will Schofield, left, and Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams speak Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at the Gainesville Rotary Club meeting on the proposed Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax and bond referendums that could fund new schools in the county and city. - photo by Scott Rogers

Hall and Gainesville school superintendents expressed concern this week that the economic downturn caused by COVID-19 could affect voter opinion on sales tax and bond referendum votes originally scheduled for March, as well as collections for the sales tax.