Hardin County Schools prepares for impending growth brought by BlueOval SK | Education [Video]

GLENDALE, Ky. (WDRB) — Two more battery plans will be going online in Hardin County, which means the Hardin County School District is in planning mode.

BlueOval SK Battery Plant has been busy training hundreds of employees.

Ever since the plant was announced, the Hardin County Board of Education started planning. They met with nearby school boards and learned how they prepped for future growth.

Hardin County is home to more than 112,000 people.

“I liked it enough to stay because of my wife,” Dante Murray, an Elizabethtown resident, said.

Murray has been living in Elizabethtown for five years, and now he said, he expects more people to join him.

“You see growth in Elizabethtown, Radcliff, and all the way down to Fort Knox. This is good for people here in this community, it’s good for people in Hardin County, to have the winning job opportunities,” Murray said.

This $5.8 billion project is on track to bring thousands of jobs to the area.

“Currently, we really haven’t seen the impact …