CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - In a unanimous decision on Tuesday night, Chesterfield school board members agreed to major changes within the division expected to impact hundreds of students.

119 of them who attend Falling Creek Elementary will call Bensley Elementary their new school next year.

“Falling Creek is operating at over 130% of program capacity,” Dr. Reid Wodicka, Chief of Operations, said. “The new school will provide additional capacity to allow us to balance that space and reduce the number of students who are being educated in our trailers at Falling Creek.”

Division leaders said Falling Creek is using 21 trailers as classrooms.

The new Bensley Elementary is under construction and is expected to open in August 2026.

It will give the division the additional seats it needs, s

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