West Irvine Elementary School

The local Board of Education wants to build a new elementary school in Estill County. I always wondered why South Irvine Elementary School wasn't enlarged and include students from Red Lick, Wisemantown and Doug Hill. We need 3 elementary schools in the county. Move some of the West Irvine students to South Irvine Elementary School and enlarge that facility a bit.

I am a proud alumni of West Irvine Elementary School. I believe a few inexpensive changes could make this school a state of the art facility. Consider the following changes:

1. Build a new cafeteria, gymnasium and office space.
2.Tear down the 5th grade outside addition and build a new wing with pods connected to the main building.

3. Convert the gym/cafeteria into a new library. Build a second story computer lab with an elevator on top of the current gym/cafeteria.
4. Build a new canopy around the bus area.
5. Convert the current kitchen into a music classroom.

This proposal would be much cheaper than a new school. Yes a new school similar to the Madison County schools such as Kirksville, Shannon Johnson, Glenn Marshall or Kingston would be nice. Expensive.

West Irvine needs more office space, new cafeteria/gymnasium and the current cafeteria converted into a library and computer lab. Kitchen could be converted into a music room.

Let's make this school a state of the art facility without the expensive site preparation. We don't need a totally new elementary school. Just upgrades to the current facility.