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Published August 3, 2006

GROUND BROKEN FOR NEW SPRING HILL SCHOOL

School Board members and County officials break ground on the
newest Williamson County School in Spring Hill. Landowner
Bud Mitchum and his wife look on.

School board members, district employees, and other dignitaries were on hand July 25 to break ground at Williamson County’s newest elementary school in Spring Hill. The school district bought the 21 acre site off Commonwealth Drive from Bud Mitchum. The site features views of the area’s rolling hills and natural beauty. The district’s 37th school is being built to deal with increasing population, and to help ease overcrowding at nearby Chapman’s Retreat and Heritage elementary schools. The new school will have 120,000 square feet on two stories, 42 classrooms, and a new state of the art geothermal energy system. It is scheduled to open for the start of the 2007-2008 school year.

Naming the new Spring Hill school is a group effort, and the School Board is looking to the public for help. A special naming committee formed by Superintendent Rebecca S. Sharber is taking suggestions for the new school through August 8. The committee will then narrow down the list and present it to the school board. Board members will then make a final decision on the school’s name at its meeting on August 21. You can call or email the committee with your ideas. Send your ideas to newschool@wcs.edu, or call 472-4030.
Overlooking the new elementary school site off Commonwealth Drive in Spring Hill.

PROGRESS MADE ON SCHOOL ADDITIONS

The two new wings on Heritage Middle School will be ready to go
when classes start on August 14.
Groundbreaking on Spring Hill’s newest school isn’t the only dirt being thrown around in the area. Major progress has been made on the addition to Heritage Middle School on Columbia Pike in Thompson Station. The project adds eight classrooms to Building Wings B and C. The classrooms will model the existing rooms and exterior. Facilities Director Kevin Fortney says the rooms should be complete by the start of school on August 14. The project's budget is $1.6 million, which includes all furniture and fixtures.
Further north on Columbia Pike, things are also looking good at Winstead Elementary in Franklin. Construction crews have added four classrooms to the school's center wing. Like Heritage Middle, the classrooms model the existing rooms and exterior. This project's budget is $1 million and also includes furniture and fixtures.

Williamson County Schools has also closed on the purchase of land for the new Nolensville Elementary School. Bids for the project are scheduled to begin August 24. Construction will follow immediately after the bids are awarded. This new school will be modeled after the new elementary school currently under construction in Spring Hill.