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GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN BY KINGSPORT OFFICIALS ON A NEW SCHOOL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HELD A GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW JOHN ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON ROCK SPRINGS ROAD. THE SCHOOL WILL EDUCATE SOME 500 STUDENTS A YEAR. JOHN ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL HOUSE THE LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE FACILITY. THE SCHOOL IS SET TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2009.