Parent Meeting Planned Wednesday Evening
A new elementary school that will be comprised of students living in a section of the current Scott and Oak Hill School districts, is planned to open in Fall 2018, it was announced during tonight’s School Board meeting.
Another elementary school is necessary because of the growth in current and projected families moving to the far northside of Vanderburgh County. Currently, Scott School has 920 students and Oak Hill has 842. Scott is averaging about 55 additional students per year; and Oak Hill is growing by about 20. All of the North High School Attendance District schools became Kindergarten through Sixth grade in the 2010-11 school year – when the new high school and junior high school opened. This new elementary school will be have students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Sixth.
The new facility will be located on property the EVSC School Board purchased in 1995, just north of McCutchanville Park on Petersburg Road, between Eagle Crossing and Viehe Drive.
Ground is expected to be broken on the new school in late Fall 2016. When complete, the building will have a capacity of 1,000 students. The anticipated building cost is between $13.5 and $15 million and will be entirely paid for by funds saved from the EVSC’s Capital Projects Fund by the current School Board.
Students attending the new school will include those in grades K-6 in 2018 within the following boundaries:
- North Border: Boonville New Harmony Road to Petersburg Road to Green River Road to Ruston Avenue.
- East Border: Warrick County line
- South Border: A line running parallel to Hillsdale Road to Highway 57
- West Border:Â Highway 41
The majority of teachers for the new facility are expected to come from the current staff at Oak Hill and Scott Schools.
Informational letters are being sent tonight to current Scott and Oak Hill families and a meeting for families is planned for Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at North High School, Room C221.
Proposed Boundaries:
