New southside elementary school announced in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Richmond County is bringing again a blast from the previous.

Based on faculty officers, a brand new elementary faculty is deliberate for the place the outdated Rollins Elementary Faculty was.

In 2018, Richmond County Faculty System leaders rezoned college students to different faculties and closed Southside Elementary and Windsor Spring.

They made these adjustments because of the change in inhabitants. However now, faculty leaders say they want more room.

We spoke with the constructing program director to search out out extra in regards to the new faculty.

“One of many main tasks is a brand new south aspect Ok-5 faculty being constructed on the outdated Rollins web site, which was demolished and brought down,” stated Jeff Baker, constructing program director for the college district.

Whereas it’s an outdated web site, it will likely be a contemporary facility.

“There’s been a whole lot of enhancements in requirements for faculties within the final 5-10 years, so makers areas and laptop labs and upgraded classroom areas enlarged classroom areas, a whole lot of thrilling parts can be added,” he stated.

The brand new 110,000-square-foot faculty will accommodate 800 college students.

“Everybody is aware of on the west aspect of Augusta and actually now on the south aspect too, the demographics are altering, a whole lot of development on the market, so we’re planning on constructing a brand new faculty to accommodate that development,” stated Baker.

Whereas it’s empty now, by the top of the summer time, it would look lots totally different. “Within the subsequent 30 to 60 days, we anticipate a contractor to come back on the market and mobilize and break floor on this new faculty,” he stated.

It is not going to be removed from the Richmond Hill Ok-8 faculty that opened simply a few years in the past, and the college is predicted to be accomplished by the beginning of the 2024-2025 faculty 12 months.

Baker says he’s not certain which neighborhoods can be zoned to attend the college, however he says that can be revealed to the general public as the college’s opening date will get nearer.

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