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Coffee County schools ask commission for roughly $69 million to rebuild Hickerson, expand East Coffee
Summary
Coffee County Schools told the commission it needs about $69 million to build a new Hickerson Elementary and add/renovate East Coffee Elementary to address capacity, safety and equity concerns and to prepare for projected student growth; district leaders asked the commission to consider funding to try to open in 2027.
Coffee County Schools leaders asked the county commission on Jan. 13 to consider funding a two-site capital program that would build a new Hickerson Elementary and add and renovate East Coffee Elementary to address overcrowding, safety and inequities in core spaces.
Scott Hargrove, director of schools, and Deputy Director Kelvin Shores presented a district facilities study and third-party enrollment projections by Harpeth Research. Shores said the work is the final phase of a long-term facilities plan that already produced new and renovated schools elsewhere in the district. “It is approximately $69,000,000,” Shores said when summarizing the combined estimate for a new Hickerson and additions/renovations at East Coffee.
Why it matters: the district said Hickerson is already…
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