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Union Primary addition opening celebrated
May 11, 2023
by KENNETH CROWSON • STAFF WRITER
BIG STONE GAP — Union Primary School’s six-classroom addition will better accommodate creative classes, students with special needs and those seeking physical wellness.
The wing’s ribbon cutting took place yesterday at 10 a.m., and while the classrooms are currently missing furniture and equipment, school alum and Principal Heather Sykes said the rooms will be ready for use by the start of the 2023-24 school year.
The addition will house an art room, a music room, an occupational and physical therapy room, a resource room for autistic students and two rooms to be used for remediation and Title I purposes. Title I is a federal educational financial assistance program.
Superintendent Mike Goforth said Union Primary School was the most at-need school for space, hence the investment.
The $3.4 million project was fully funded by the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. Grants are awarded through this federal fund to ease the burden that COVID-19 has placed on education agencies.
Thompson & Litton designed the wing while Quesenberry’s Inc. constructed it and Skanska acted as the “go between,” facilitating the state application process and aiding the division with other logistics, according to Goforth.