Future Needs Advisory Committee
The Future Needs Advisory Committee was created in 2019 and included parents, students, community members, school staff, and administrators. All meetings were open for the public to attend and observe.
In the spring of 2020, the District’s Leadership Team and Board of Education followed up on the work of the Future Needs Advisory Committee by further planning for a potential referendum. However, when the pandemic struck in March of 2020, the Board and Leadership Team put all plans for a potential referendum on hold.
At the Board of Education meeting on November 22, 2021 board members supported the
timeline for planning to resume for a potential referendum in November of 2022.
Focus Group Meetings
Meetings were held in December 2021 through January 2022 to gather input from staff, parents, and community members on a potential referendum. All meetings were open for the public to attend and observe.
Outcome of Focus Groups
The input gathered during these five meetings was overwhelmingly positive in support of the district going to referendum to fund:
- facility improvements in all schools
- construction of a new elementary school in the fast growing northeast portion of our distinct
- moving 6th grade students from the elementary school level to the middle school level
- adding staffing to allow for the reduction of class sizes from an average of 25 to an average of 20 in grades Kindergarten through second
- consolidating and/or moving schools to improve the quality of education for students and to function more efficiently
Find agendas, presentations, and minutes from all meetings below: