Lone Oak High School (Kentucky) - Future Plans

Future Plans

In the summer of 2007, several public hearings were held discussing the future of Lone Oak High School, and to address the major overcrowding issues in each Lone Oak district school. An initial decision was made that a new Lone Oak High School will be constructed, housing grades 10, 11, and 12. The current high school building will then house grades 7, 8, and 9. The current Lone Oak Middle School building will house grades 4, 5, and 6. The current elementary schools in Lone Oak will then house grades K–3. This solution should put an ease on the excessive overcrowding at Lone Oak Elementary, Hendron Lone Oak Elementary, Lone Oak Middle, and Lone Oak High.

The plans ultimately changed; in December 2008, the McCracken County Public Schools received state approval of a plan calling for a single county high school that would consolidate grades 10 though 12. Under this plan, the three current high schools in the county district (Lone Oak, Reidland, and Heath) would each house grades 7 through 9. The current middle schools would house grades 4 through 6. Then, the current elementary schools would house pre-school through 3. The new school is currently scheduled to open in fall of 2013.

Further changes were made to the plan before McCracken County High opened. First, the new high school will now house all four high school grades. Second, the only immediate changes to school locations and assignments will be in the former Lone Oak High attendance zone; all K–8 schools in the Heath and Reidland zones will remain at their current locations in 2013–14. Under the final plan, Lone Oak Middle will house grades 6–8 in the former Lone Oak High building. The Lone Oak Middle building will become the new Lone Oak Intermediate School, housing 4th and 5th grades. The existing Hendron–Lone Oak Elementary and Lone Oak Elementary will remain in operation, but will house only K–3 students.