The Charlotte Observer reports that the new facilities are Ballantyne Ridge High School and Knights View Elementary School in south Charlotte, as well as a new building for Bruns Avenue Elementary.
The 100-classroom Ballantyne Ridge High cost $158.6 million and will relieve crowding at Ardrey Kell, South Mecklenburg and Myers Park high schools, the district says. The school will open with a full ninth- and 10th-grade class, and about half of a junior class--about 1,550 students total. A senior class will be added in 2025-26.
Knights View Elementary cost just shy of $60 million to build. It has 45 classrooms and is directly across the street from Ardrey Kell High School.
Bruns Avenue Elementary also is a 45-classroom facility; it replaces a campus that was built in 1969. Construction of the new campus cost $48.9 million.
Funding for the construction projects came from a $922 million bond package approved by voters in 2017.
Mike Kennedy has been writing about education forAmerican School & Universitysince 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.
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