Friday's Internet Edition, July 30, 2010.
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| Assistant superintendent Darrell Walker spoke to a group of Clemmons area parents at a forum last week at the Clemmons Civic Club. |
The Clemmons Courier - The Clemmons area is due for another elementary school, but a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school leader said land can be hard to find.
Darrell Walker, assistant superintendent of operations, discussed construction needs and crime in the schools Friday during a community forum hosted by the Pro-Active Citizens of Clemmons at the Clemmons Civic Center.
“I will tell you we will build a new school in Clemmons,” he said. The district is looking at land near Rural Hall also.
“What kills us financially is sewer and curb and gutter,” he said. “If we can at least work with developers on infrastructure…we just don’t build schools if we can’t find sewer.
There are 41 elementary schools K-5, 17 middle schools grades six through eight and 17 high schools, grades nine to 12 with more than 51,000 students. This district is growing at a rate of two to three percent a year, and in the last 10 years it has finished more than $312 million in new construction.