New Bensley Elementary design

It’s time to break ground for the new Bensley Elementary School, and the entire community is invited. (If you can’t be there in person, then look for video and images on the our website and social media feeds after the event.)

At 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, leaders from Chesterfield County Public Schools and from Chesterfield County government will put shovels into dirt to symbolically kick off the construction project. The event will take place at 6600 Strathmore Road.

Bensley Elementary students and teachers have moved into the old Falling Creek Middle building on Hopkins Road for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years while their old building is torn down and the new school is built. Scheduled to open for students in August 2026, the new school is part of a community facilities bond plan approved by Chesterfield County voters in 2022.