Board hears plans to shift grades, reduce portables and ease overcrowding
District officials detailed a reconfiguration that would move grades 3–5 into the middle school, place K–2 at an expanded Gold Bar Elementary and relocate youngest learners out of the flood plain to reduce reliance on portables and balance class sizes.
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Dr. Douglas described the proposed grade reconfiguration designed to address severe overcrowding: build a new high school, move middle-school grades into renovated older high‑school space, shift grades 3–5 into the middle school and expand Gold Bar to house K–2. "When we have the ability to have more teachers teaching the same subject, we're able to balance those loads out," he said, noting about 20% of middle/elementary students are in portables.
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