By Shannon McFarlin WENK/WTPR News Director
Paris, Tenn.—With the beginning of the new school year, the Cottage Grove Christian School will have a new home and a new name.
After years of being located in the former Cottage Grove School, the Christian School will be relocating to the Lee Academy for the Arts in Paris and has changed its name to the Weston Classical School, named for the late Professor Weston who taught the classics at the former Grove High School. Weston Hall in Paris also was named for Professor Weston.
Christian School officials said they made the decision to move with mixed feelings. “This was not an easy decision and we are sad to leave the community that has been so supportive over the years,” they said in a Facebook post Sunday night.
Even though the location and name will change, they said, “We will have the same caring staff, the same personalized instruction and much of the same student body. We will continue to offer K-12 Christian education at its best, and we will always have a special place in our school for students from Cottage Grove.”
Lee Academy Board Member Suzanne Richter told WENK/WTPR Monday morning that two rooms on the main floor of Lee Academy will be rented to the Christian School. They will consolidate other programs, such as Kindermusik, in other rooms at the Academy, she said.
“We’re looking forward to having them in the building. Our building doesn’t get much use in the mornings and the school children will be there in the mornings until 1 p.m. each day and we think that will be nice to have activity going on there,” Richter said.
She said the Cottage Grove Christian School was seeking to grow and its administrators felt it needed to relocate to Paris to achieve that goal.
An open house is tentatively set for the school the first week of August.
The Cottage Grove Christian School began for grades 1-12 and teaches Christian and Classical education.
With the closing of JT’s Store in Cottage Grove over the July 4 holiday, the closing of the Cottage Grove School will be another blow to the small community, which is the smallest incorporated city in Tennessee.
School officials said last night they will maintain the building as best they can until they are in a position to sell it. In its Facebook post, school officials said, “We humbly ask for your prayers and continued support as we seek to grow.”
Photo by Cottage Grove Christian School.
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