COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Students attending Park View Elementary in Putnam County will start the new school year on a brand new campus.
The original location was built in 1952 and could no longer sustain the community’s growth. The county’s population increased by over 1,300 people between 2022 and 2023.
“It was just getting to where the capacity that it had wasn’t fulfilling the needs of the capacity of our district and of our school zone,” said principal Dr. Mel Presley. “We are blessed with this amazing new school that has the capacity for 600 students.”
The new location on Lee Seminary Road cost $45 million to build. The idea is that in five years, they’re going to add a middle school side to this campus and it will be the home for 1,200 K-8 students in Putnam County.
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