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Ground broken on new Enon Elementary

BY LINDA FAUSZ
Temporarily housed at Marguerite students. Everything we are doing with
Christian Elementary School, Becky this project is about them: creating a
Liggitt’s fifth-grade class returned to safe, supportive, and nurturing learning
the site of their former school Friday environment and giving our students
to participate in a groundbreaking access to 21st-century educational
ceremony on the future replacement building with all of the necessary
for Enon Elementary School. They academic components.”
performed their school song before She praised Superintendent James
attending members of the Chesterfield Lane for working with the community
County School Board, members to keep the school in its vicinity.
of the Chesterfield County Board The first school in Enon was a one-
of Supervisors, school and county room building. It was located behind
government officials, and Enon the present Enon Baptist Church. One
residents. teacher taught all six grade levels. It
The students were excited and closed in 1926, and the students of
honored to be attending, and they were Enon attended school in Chester. In PHOTO COURTESY OF AMANDA LOVE, CCPS
amazed to overlook the construction 1938, Enon Elementary School, what
would be for almost 80 years, was
built. The original building housed four
classrooms, two bathrooms, an office
and a small room, and these classrooms FROM LEFT: DR. JAMES LANE, RILEY INGRAM, LOU LASSITER, ROB THOMPSON, DIANE
and bathrooms continued to be used SMITH, DOROTHY JAECKLE, JENNIFER HINSON, ANNE COKER, AND JACK CLARK.
until the school closed in June 2016..
After five renovations and numerous repairs, and it was decided will sit on two of the acres. According
additions, a facilities assessment that a new replacement school would be to Jack Clark, of RRMM Architects,
was performed on Enon Elementary constructed as a result of the 2013 bond the school construction is on schedule
BECKY LIGGITT 5TH GRADE CLASS
PERFORMED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE School. The assessment found that referendum. and the building will be ready to house
CEREMONY. Enon Elementary was in need of The 90,000 square-foot school students in January 2019.

project that now includes nearly 15
acres.
“I have been attending Enon since 748-6461
kindergarten,” said fifth-grade student
Madeline Boyce. “It is sad to see it go 12420 Jefferson Davis Highway
but at least we get a new school. My Chester, VA
granddaddy attended Enon.”
Fifth-grade student Nicolas On the corner of Route 1 & Route 10
Gochnour said, “It is an honor and a
special privilege to be here.”

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JOHN GORDON, CCPS CHIEF OF STAFF
TAKES A PHOTO OF THE DESIGN BOARD.

Bermuda School Board
Representative Carrie Coyner
attended Enon Elementary in the
1980s. “Located right here in the
middle of the tight-knit community of
Enon, this school is the consummate
neighborhood school. As we heard back
in 2013, generation after generation of
families has attended Enon Elementary,
and we’re excited that we could rebuild
the school on this site to continue the ALEX PERRY HARRY REEBENAKER JARED WILLIAMS
tradition,” said Coyner, whose Bermuda SALES TECHNICIAN ASSOCIATE
District includes Enon Elementary. “It
was important to me, as a former Enon Associates ready to help you anytime!
Elementary School student, that we
address the needs of this community
and our teachers, but especially our

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