FORT BENNING, Ga. (Sept. 27, 2018) – Department of

FORT BENNING, Ga. (Sept. 27, 2018) – Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Americas and Army personnel cut the ribbon during the grand opening of E.A. White Elementary School. Faculty, staff, students and guests celebrated the grand opening of E. A. White Elementary School at its new location at Sand Hill at Fort Benning, Georgia, Sept. 26, 2018. The new facility serves the Families of military service members who live at Patton Village at Fort Benning. The school is 109,390 square feet and can hold up to 600 students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. In addition to having a learning garden, three outdoor amphitheaters, solar panels for hot water, a wind turbine, and an energy dashboard for monitoring utility use, the teaching areas are arranged by grades into "neighborhoods," where the multiple classes within a grade share a space to learn collaboratively. (U.S. Army photos by Markeith Horace, Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning Public Affairs)