Preliminary design of the new East Brainerd Elementary school from TWH Architects.SKILLERN UNDERGOES SURGERYAs the Hamilton County Commission was meeting Thursday morning, District 1 Commissioner Fred Skillern was in surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He had a procedure performed on his back, which Skillern’s family said was successful. Skillern is expected to recover in several weeks.
The race to finish the new East Brainerd Elementary School by 2014 is ramping up, with the first drafts of the school’s plans presented to the Hamilton County Commission on Thursday.
The renderings of the facility call for the demolition of the current David Brainerd School buildings on Igou Gap Road by May 2014. The new complex will be two stories, with the capacity for 1,100 students.
The first floor would house pre-kindergarten through second grade along with a cafeteria and indoor play space. The second level would be home to grades three through five.
Including architecture fees, construction and furnishing, the project is expected to cost $25 million, said Gary Waters, assistant superintendent for auxiliary services. The school is slated to open with 900-950 students by August 2014.