A groundbreaking will be held for a new R. Dean Kilby Elementary School in Woodbridge.
A replacement elementary school will be constructed next to the existing Kilby school building on Horner Road that opened in 1959.
Here’s information from a press release from Prince William County Public Schools:
The School Board, other elected officials, and members of the school community are expected to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Kilby Elementary replacement school on Friday, September 18 at 9:30 a.m.
The event is open to the community. Overflow parking will be available at Grace Lutheran Church, 1601 Prince William Parkway, with shuttle bus service to the school provided by the School Division.
Multiple truckloads of dirt will be needed at the new school site to make the topography suitable for construction, according to the press release. The county’s growing school division is wrangling with a shortfall of available sites to build new schools in eastern Prince William County.
R. Dean Kilby Elementary School was named for the school’s original principal who served from 1959 to 1971.
