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Voters in the Canton City School District approved a $60 million bond issue that will fund the construction of two new elementary schools.

Unofficial election results show voters supported Canton City Schools bond issue but rejected tax issues for the Lake, Louisville and Perry school districts.

State data show annual deaths from drug overdoses in Kentucky increased in 2020 and again in 2021. And most of those losses involved an opioid.

If approved, the bond issue would allow the Canton City School District to build two elementary schools and reorganize its other elementary schools.

Funded by a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first-of-its-kind surveillance system will use artificial intelligence to predict potential overdose surges — helping the state take more strategic action in addressing the opioid epidemic.

University of Kentucky researchers are creating an innovative statewide surveillance system to inform prevention and response efforts aimed at reducing the burden of opioid use disorder in Kentucky.

With Kentucky drug deaths topping 2,200 in 2021, are par of University of Kentucky researchers are creating a surveillance system using artificial intelligence to alert prevention and response personnel that conditions for a surge in overdoses are occurring.

The Canton City school board wants the Stark Board of Revision to raise the value of 24 lots that sold for millions more than their current value.

If appproved, the bond issue would allow Canton City Schools to build two new elementary buildings and change how it educates its youngest students.

If approved, the $60 million bond issue would help build two new elementary schools that could be ready to use as soon as the 2026-2027 school year.