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Knox County's planned Region 5 K'8 school reduced to 1,200 program capacity; principal hiring and zoning to follow
Summary
District leaders told the Board that the Region 5 K-8 schematic has been revised from a programmatic capacity of 1,400 to about 1,200 because of site constraints and a $66 million budget; zoning, transfer priorities and principal hiring are expected closer to the school's planned opening.
Doctor Ryswick (presenting on the Region 5 project) told the board the schematic for the planned K'8 school in Region 5 had been adjusted as design work progressed.
"Initially, when we started this, there was a conversation about a building that would have a capacity of 1,400... So that now that programmatic capacity is gonna be about 1,200," Ryswick said, adding that the change was driven by building space and the project price "called the…
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