$18 million permit for new Jefferson Elementary among those issued in Henderson – The Gleaner

An artists rendering shows the new Jefferson Elementary School, which will be built behind the football field at South Middle School. The city codes office issued a nearly $18 million permit for the project last month.(Photo: Provided)

HENDERSON, Ky. -- The Henderson County Board of Education secured a nearly $18 million building permit last month for construction of a new two-story Jefferson Elementary School at 800 S. Alves St., behind the South Middle School football field.

The new Jefferson Elementary will feature 17 classrooms; three kindergarten rooms; a media center; music, computer, art and special education rooms; a gymnasium with a stage; a cafeteria; and offices and related facilities.

The building will accommodate up to 400 students, contain 57,250 square feet and sit on a school system-owned tract covering about eight acres.

In an earlier statement, Superintendent Marganna Stanley said the school will also include learning labs, spaces for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) education, an energy-efficient design and a safe learning environment for our students.

Enrollment at the current Jefferson Elementary this past school year was 340 students.

The new school will have its own entrance off Alves Street and its own parking lot.

Additional parking will be added on the campus of South Middle to help alleviate the on-street parking that occurs during school functions and events. That will include a new staff parking lot at the corner of South Alves and Cherry streets that will incorporate a new parent drop-off/pickup zone and a new event parking lot on South Alves near Norris Lane.

Earthwork for the project has begun, and the building is projected to be completed during the 2021-22 school year, according to Steve Steiner, assistant superintendent of administration for Henderson County Schools.

The construction manager for the new Jefferson Elementary will be Codell Construction and the architect is Hafer Design.

The new school will replace the 56-year-old Jefferson Elementary building, which was judged in a 2011 facility evaluation to be in poor condition. Stanley has cited issues ranging from the need to replace the HVAC system, windows and doors to improve energy efficiency as well as learning spaces (that) are chopped up. They are not conducive to 21st century learning by any means.

The new Jefferson will be the third elementary school here bearing that name, following the current school on South Green at Jackson Street, which opened in 1964, and an earlier Jefferson School at the northeast corner of Jefferson and South Elm streets.

The building permit for the school, the biggest issued here in years, brought the total value of new construction authorized last month to nearly $20.8 million.

The other major commercial construction project that got the green light in the city in June was a $1.1 million interior remodeling permit for the Walmart Supercenter store at 1195 Barret Blvd.

There were no commercial or industrial permits issued by the county in June.

Permits for five new single-family residences were issued in June, including three in the city two of which will be Habitat for Humanity of Henderson homes, both on Cumnock Street and two in the county. A permit was also issued for one residential duplex.

Residential construction was developing at a reasonable rate earlier this year, especially out in the county, before the Covid-19 pandemic set in. The county codes office issued 16 permits for new homes during the first four months of the year, but only two since for a total of 18 at mid-year.

The city issued no permits for new houses in April and May. Through the first six months of 2020, it has issued seven.

So halfway through the year, the city and county have issued a total of 25 permits for new single-family homes with an average construction value of $129,960 (excluding the value of land and other non-construction related expenses). New residence permits in the county have an average construction cost of $147,000 compared with $118,267 in the city.

For the first six months of the year, the city and county have issued permits authorizing nearly $28.5 million of construction, obviously dominated by the Jefferson school project.

Here are the permits issued by the city and county last month:

City

Commercial, accessory: Holy Name Parish, 511 Second St., $250,000.

Commercial, new: Gary W. and Brenda Crawford, 1705 S. Green St., $97,000; and Henderson County Board of Education, 800 S. Alves St., $18.0 million.

Commercial, remodel: Walmart Real Estate Business Trust, 1195 Barret Blvd., $1.1 million.

Demolition, single-family residence: Margaret L. Pruitt Estate, 1027 Stewart Ave., $4,290; and Audubon Kids Zone, 1414 Powell St., $3,400.

Residential duplex, new: Gary and Lisa Attebery, 1616 Roosevelt St., $75,000.

Manufactured homes, new: James and Cynthia Lambert, 2820 Sunset Lane, $39,900; and Mark Stefansky, 510 Watson Lane #13, $48,000.

Single-family residential accessory: Jason Messeman, 912 Watson Lane, $8,000; Chelsea M. Mills, 2014 Morning Dove Ct., $2,500; Bradley W. and Priscilla Woosley, 1661 Bruce St., $5,000; Stephen R. (Sr.) and Amy Lynn Brann, 2708 Brettwood Lane, $4,500; Daniel P. and Abbie Boswell Pennaman, 1321 Glengary Way, $2,500; John and Karen Totton, 2361 Green River Road, $10,000; Shannon R. and Danielle Troutman, 101 N. Partridge Lane, $28,000; Marion E. and Lisa G. Gross, 2019 Summer Hill Lane, $4,000; Melissa Burkes, 1303 N. Green St., $3,000; Robert Wayne and Vicki A. McClure, 1809 White Oak Ct., $2,500; Michael V. and Amber C. Chandler, 1250 Alastair Dr., $6,000; Aaron Gregory and Melissa L. Pritchett, 334 S. Main St., $18,000; John F. and Nancy L. Klein, 665 Constanza Dr., $15,000; and Ernest Mays, 1024 Clay St., $1,000.

Single-family residential addition: William I. Markwell, 923 S. Main St., $20,000; and AJ Rentals LLC, 843 Cherokee Dr., $30,000.

Single-family residence,new: Habitat for Humanity of Henderson, 1233 Cumnock St., $115,000; HCM LLC, 1463 Arrow Way, $149,800; and Habitat for Humanity of Henderson, 1535 Cumnock St., $90,000.

Single-family residence, remodel: Mark A. and Donna L. Nally, 1340 Adams Lane, $75,000; Kentucky Apartments LLC, 1914 Powell St., $15,000; and James Martin Coursey Jr. and Carley Monet Haase, 2392 Balmoral Dr., $3,000.

Sign: Eastgate MHP LLC c/o Drew Warner, 1713 Franklin Ave., $800; Brad D. Higginson, 625 S. Main St., $950; Clifton O. Williams, et al, 1228 Second St., $600; Community United Methodist Hospital Inc., 1305 N. Elm St., $44,917 and $4,200 (two permits); Bob J. Vanzant, 2751 U.S. 41-North, $27,000; and Gardenside Center LLC, 2606 Zion Road, $13,565.

Total estimated construction value: $20.2 million.

County

New residence: Thompson Homes, 16246 Kentucky 136-East, $120,000; and Alex and Abbie Walters, 4182 Dr. Floyd Rd., $175,000.

Room addition: Eric and Joy Ries, 8976 Kentucky 1078-South, $20,000; Gregory Perkins, 4026 Kentucky 136-West, $8,000; Kelly Deep, 4346 St Olaf Circle, $32,442; and Glenn Kerr, 1377 Kentucky 416-East, $15,000.

Sign: New Hope Baptist Church, 5514 U.S. 60-East, $35,000.

Manufactured home: James Ambrous, 6711 Crooked Rd., $10,000.

Garages/utility: Dusty Risley, 5271 Kentucky 1299, $20,000; Carl and Christi Honeycutt, 11002 Kentucky 1078-North, $25,000; Jimmy McGann, 6057 Bauern Ct., $45,000; Larry Alexander, 4153 Briscoe Benton Rd., $15,000; and Tim and Cordelia Ann Shelton, 5792 Cairo Hickory Grove Rd, $5,249.

Miscellaneous: Harley Heath, 7134 Airline Rd., $44,900

Total estimated construction value: $570,591.

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