Gov. Andy Beshear will be in Hopkinsville on Wednesday to present a $10 million grant check to Christian County Public Schools for the district’s new consolidated high school.
The presentation is set for 12:45 p.m. in the school board meeting room at the central office on Glass Avenue, according to a news release from Superintendent Chris Bentzel’s office.
The grant, awarded through the state’s School Facilities Construction Commission, was announced in late August and came from a pool of $75 million that the General Assembly earmarked for vocational facilities.
On Aug. 19, the local school board voted to build a consolidated high school, combining Hopkinsville and Christian County high schools and the district’s vocational programs into one facility. The new school, with a capacity of 2,500 students, is slated to open at the start of the 2024-25 school year.
District officials estimate the school will cost $115 million.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
