Johnston County — Future school needs here are estimated at more than $147 million. At their meeting earlier this month, school board members were supposed to talk about building needs through 2014. But they put the discussion off until next month to give new school board members time to review the details.

Schools spokeswoman Terri Sessoms said the preliminary called for two bond issues — one for $77.5 million and another $70 million.

The first bond issue would build two elementary schools, one middle school and a center for the Academically and Intellectually Gifted program.

A second elementary school in the Polenta community would ease congestion at West Clayton, Polenta, Cleveland and West View elementary schools. The plan calls for buying enough land for an elementary school and a middle school.

The second elementary would be on the east side of Interstate 95 between Micro and Pine Level. That school would ease crowding at Micro-Pine Level and Glendale-Kenly elementary schools. Under the plan, the new school would be called Micro Elementary, and Micro-Pine Level would become Pine Level Elementary. Three elementary schools — East Clayton, Powhatan and Wilson’s Mills — would feed into a middle school in the Powhatan community. The school system already has land for that school.

The AIG Center, with state-of-the-art classrooms and an auditorium, would be on the campus of West Smithfield Elementary School. A connection to the elementary school would allow AIG Center students to use the West Smithfield cafeteria, media center and multipurpose room.

The elementary schools would cost $15 million each, the middle school would cost $17.5 million, and the AIG Center would come in at $16 million.

The $77.5 million bond would pay for renovations on the following high school campuses: North Johnston, Smithfield-Selma, South Johnston, Clayton and West Johnson. Princeton would get a $4 million gym, and the Cleveland community high school, just now under construction, would get another $6 million in space. Finally, the $77.5 million would pay for improvements to the school system’s South Campus Community School, the school-bus garage and the Central Office building.

The $70 million bond issue would build two new schools — an elementary school north of Riverwood Elementary and a middle school between Cleveland and Clayton. Those schools would cost $16 and $18.5 million, respectively.

Also, the second bond issue would build $4 million additions to four elementary schools. River Dell, West Smithfield and Benson would each get 12 more classrooms. Also, Dixon Road would get more space. Finally, the bond issue would add classrooms at North Johnston Middle, Four Oaks Middle and the high school in the Corinth community. And both bond issues would buy $3 million in technology.