A community advisory group will present its recommendation for College Community School District to build a new elementary school during a special board meeting Monday, Jan. 30, 2011.
The group, made up of parents from around the district, will present a petition with 564 signatures to board directors to call an election for a $15 million bond to construct the new school.
The advisory group was convened by the district in early January to look into facility solutions for the district’s ongoing growth. College Community has grown by an average of 110 students each year during the last decade, expanding from 3,000 to more than 4,300 students.
Opening a new elementary school in 2015 is in the school district’s long-range plan. The district currently has four elementary schools that serve pre-kindergarten through fourth grade students. The newest of these, Prairie Ridge Elementary School, was constructed in 2003.
The advisory group is also recommending the district begin work on a new long-range plan, including an evaluation of College Community’s intermediate school facilities. All of the district’s intermediate students, fifth and sixth grade, currently attend Prairie Creek Intermediate School.
The full agenda for the meeting is available online.
