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Federal funds previously reserved for the construction of a multipurpose gym at Rivermont Elementary School will remain frozen through Feb. 29.

A new Red Bank elementary school could be going elsewhere. The plan presented by the Hamilton County Superintendent ...

Since Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp and Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Justin Robertson released an initial school facilities plan in August, much of the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the plan have come from parents and community members who didnt want their elementary school closed or their middle school moved or their high school combined.

The one public elementary school within the city of Red Bank remains at risk of closure if the Hamilton County school board votes to follow recommendations made in an updated countywide public school facilities plan released last week.

The recommendations provide two options.

On Thursday, commissioners and board members heard about future plans for facilities across the county and especially what the superintendent says are the only two directions for Elementary schools in

Red Bank Commissioners approved up to one million dollars to be given to the Board of Education during Wednesday nights meeting.

Hamilton County Schools has given their final recommendations for the future of schools in the area. 

Red Bank officials discussed the joint proposal facilities plans at Tuesday night's commission meeting. 

The Hamilton County Commission voted Wednesday to freeze funding for a $1.7 million multipurpose building at Rivermont Elementary — one of six schools targeted for closure in a district facilities plan released earlier this year.