Cornerstone Classical Academy is advancing plans for a campus in the Wildlight development’s Garden District in Yulee.
It would be the second location for the Jacksonville-based charter school.
The campus site is about 9 miles east of Interstate 95 at Riverbluff Parkway and Pages Dairy Road. Rayonier, through Wildlight LLC, owns the land.
The St. Johns County River Water Management District began reviewing an environmental resource permit for the project submitted Jan. 2 by Winter Park-based environmental consulting firm Breedlove, Dennis & Associates, Inc.
Jacksonville-owned utility JEA approved a service availability request Oct. 8 and Nassau County is reviewing site plans.
Tampa-based Rowe Architects is listed as the architect on project plans. The civil engineer is Land O’ Lakes-based Priority Engineering.
Lindsay and David Hoyt founded the school in 2018 and opened it in 2020 with 442 students in kindergarten through sixth grade, according to its website. It has since added grade levels each year.
The launched the school in Jacksonville at 2360 St. Johns Bluff Road S.
According to cornerstoneclassical.org, Cornerstone’s curriculum includes a structured, grade-by-grade learning framework; a mathematics approach that emphasizes conceptual understanding and problem-solving; and hands-on science lessons focused on inquiry and fundamentals.
Rayonier subsidiary Raydient Places + Properties is developing Wildlight. The company announced its first Garden District homebuilders Sept. 22. The development also includes the Town District, which features retail, office and housing along Florida 200.
At build-out, the Garden District is designed to encompass 4,700 acres, with 2,000 acres dedicated to conservation, and will feature a 19-mile trail network with public access to the 13-mile Green Ribbon Trail along the St. Marys River. The full plan calls for about 4,100 homes.