HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – As the current school year reaches the halfway point, Christian County Public Schools is looking ahead, with ambitious plans to relocate and centralize their alternative programs inside the current Christian County High School.
Superintendent Chris Bentzel told Christian County Now that repurposing CCHS into the district’s alternative programs campus once students move into the new consolidated high school is one of the main facility objectives they have planned for this coming summer. The existing alternate school, Bluegrass Learning Academy, currently sees students inside the Stadium of Champions football arena.
This new home may also come with a new name, with Christian County Learning Center pitched as a possible rebrand to provide a fresh, positive affiliation that properly encapsulate the range of alternative programming the district provides. Students are often placed at alternative programs like Bluegrass Learning Academy if they have faced expulsions, long suspensions, or their needs are not being met in a traditional classroom environment.
Range of programming at new campus, leadership
“We will have at least four, possibly more programs out there on one campus at the old Christian County High School,” said Bentzel. The new campus will combine the existing Bluegrass Learning Academy, the district’s Focus and Finish program which provides credit recovery on a hybrid schedule, and their home hospital program which is available for students that cannot attend traditional classes due to medical conditions. The new campus will also house the Virtual Learning program…