CCSD Opens New Health Clinic at Alps Road Elementary

It’s been quietly seeing patients for the past two months, but the Clarke County School District held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday for a new health clinic at Alps Road Elementary School. Temporarily situated in a mobile building outside Alps, but the new Clarke Middle School next door will include a permanent space for the clinic. Construction on the new school is scheduled to start in January, and it’s expected to open in fall of 2024. The clinic is currently open Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, Tuesday mornings and all day Thursday, although hours are eventually expected to expand, said Suzanne Lester, a professor…