Building a new school isn’t as easy as it may sound. Just ask school officials in McDowell County.
Plans were announced more than 12 years ago for a new elementary school that would replace aging facilities in Welch, Kimball and Fall River. But it took more than a decade, and a lot effort, before funding was finally secured for this needed project.
Construction finally got underway earlier this month on the new $24 million school. The work is expected to take about two years to complete, but once the modern facility is ready, it will house about 500 students from the Kimball, Welch and Fall River communities.
The school is being constructed high atop Tom’s Mountain in Welch, not far from the existing Mount…
