Construction begins on new elementary school in southern Indiana

CHARLESTOWN, Ind. (WDRB) -- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning for a new elementary school in southern Indiana.

Off Salem-Noble Road in Charlestown, Greater Clark County Schools commemorated the start of construction on Founders Point Elementary School.

GCCS said the enrollment at the school will be around 750 students and is necessary given the county's growing population.

And there's much more in the works for GCCS. The school district is partnering with a southern Indiana home builder to develop a residential neighborhood near a future middle school near State Road 62 and Utica-Sellersburg Road.

"We're seeing enrollment growth and trying to keep up with that growth," Superintendent Mark Laughner said last year. "In between Jeffersonville and Charlestown there’s already 2,000 homes platted and approved to be built. Obviously those kids living in those homes need somewhere to go to school."

That project will start in the spring.

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