You can name Fayette County’s newest elementary school. How to submit your idea
Fayette County Public Schools is asking for the community’s help naming its newest elementary school, which is under construction on Greendale Road in Lexington.
The new school will house approximately 750 FCPS students, and although specific attendance zones have not been set, it will potentially include children from Sandersville, Coventry Oak and Meadowthorpe elementary schools.
The Fayette County Board of Education purchased the property in 2023 for an appraised price of $3.1 million.
Now, officials have asked the public for naming suggestions. They must meet one of these criteria:
- Prominent local, state or national figure of good character (For example, Rosa Parks Elementary)
- Prominent person who has contributed to the history and/or progress of the Lexington area (For example, Henry Clay High School)
- Geographic area (For example, Leestown Middle School)
The survey is anonymous, and you can submit multiple entries through 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19.
More about Fayette County’s new elementary school
The new school is expected to open in fall 2027. The proposed cost of the nearly 90,000-square-foot building had increased from $44.9 million to $50.5 million.
The structure will be two stories, configured east to west, according to the district website. The first floor will house preschool, kindergarten, first- and second-grade classrooms, along with common areas like the gym, cafeteria and library. The second floor will house third, fourth and fifth graders. It will also have resource rooms and additional administrative areas.
Specialty spaces for art, music and nature studies, a maker space and two flexible classrooms are part of the school’s design, and it will also have a family resource center.
Planners have included sustainable features, such as a geothermal heat pump system, LED lights, occupancy sensors, lighting controls, insulated concrete forms, no-wax flooring finishes, pervious pavers in parking areas and trees throughout the campus.