2009 A third SPLOST was approved by the voters of Muscogee County on September 15, 2009. The SPLOST passed 8,413 to 6,352. The 1 percent sales tax will last five years or until the Muscogee County School District collects $223 million to complete a variety of capital projects. Projects include five new schools — a new Carver High, a middle school, two new elementary schools and a fine arts academy as well as additions to Northside High and Richards Middle, and athletics and technology upgrades across the system.