by Dennis Dalman
news@thenewsleaders.com
A tentative schools-expansion and improvement plan will be presented during a special work-session meeting of the Sartell-St. Stephen School Board at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16 in the Sartell Middle School’s All-Purpose Room.
The presenters will be members of the Community Schools Planning Initiative group that has been studying potential solutions to long-range space needs in the district.
The current recommended plan, though it’s far from set in stone, calls for a new high school and renovations to all current schools with a price tag of about $153 million.
Under the plan to be presented Nov. 16, in addition to a new high school, the renovations would make rearrangements of student populations necessary. For example, the renovated middle school would accommodate grades 3-5; the renovated high school would be for grades 6-8; and the two current elementary schools (Oak Ridge and Pine Meadow) would house children pre-school age 4 through grade 2.
