New Hampstead K-8 School opens, alleviates overcrowding at Godley Station

Updated: This story has been changed to reflect the correct cost of building the New Hampstead K-8 School.

After a number of delays, New Hampstead K-8 School opened on Tuesday. The school was built to relieve overcrowding at Godley Station K-8 School.

With redrawn attendance zone boundaries, the new campus will take 748 students from Godley Station, 113 students from Bloomingdale Elementary, and 42 students from West Chatham Middle schools.

Around 800 students started their day at New Hampstead K-8 with a full capacity for the building reaching 1,500. The school was built with an ESPLOST-funded budget of $42.5 million.

Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News

Credit: Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News

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