Forest Hill Elementary preparing for first classes
Kindergarten teacher Lori Matthews decorates her classroom as teachers, administrators and construction crews put the finishing touches on Germantown's new Forest Hill Elementary on Aug. 8, 2019. The school will welcome its first class of students next week. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Kevin Flores cleans up in the gymnasium as the finishing touches are being put on Germantown's new Forest Hill Elementary on Aug. 8, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Germantown schools superintendent Jason Manuel talks about some of the innovations at Forest Hill Elementary on Aug. 8, 2019. The school will be Germantown's first new school. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Librarian Jennifer Mock organizes displays at the entrance to her new library stocked with all new books on Aug. 8, 2019 as teachers, administrators and construction crews put the finishing touches on Germantown's new Forest Hill Elementary. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Workers replace a storm drain in front of Germantown's new Forest Hill Elementary as finishing touches are being put on the school on Aug. 8, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Brett Ashmore works on wiring in the cafeteria as teachers, administrators and construction crews put the finishing touches on Germantown's new Forest Hill Elementary on Aug. 8, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Kindergarten teacher Andrea Dancy gets her classroom ready as teachers, administrators and construction crews put the finishing touches on Germantown's new Forest Hill Elementary on Aug. 8, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Germantown schools superintendent Jason Manuel talks about some of the innovations at Forest Hill Elementary on Aug. 8, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Germantown is opening its first school uninherited from Shelby County Monday. The school is on the cusp of welcoming its first group of students.