West Seneca superintendent proposes phased long-range facilities plan, recommends elementary redistricting for 2026

Superintendent Dr. Lisa Krueger recommended that the West Seneca Central School District adopt elementary-based redistricting for September 2026 as the first phase of a multi‑year facilities plan aimed at easing overcrowding and modernizing district operations.

Krueger told the school board on Oct. 7 that redistricting alone will solve immediate pressures at Clinton and Allendale elementaries but will not fix classroom shortages at West Middle School; she urged a phased approach that includes selling the district’s Ebenezer building, opening a family support center at Winchester Academy after BOCES reduces occupancy in 2027, relocating central offices to the East Middle campus, and studying a new transportation facility and middle‑school renovations over subsequent years.

The recommendation matters because the district faces uneven class sizes, aging facilities and land‑use constraints that limit options for buses, special education space and future capital projects. Krueger said the phased plan is designed to preserve East/West attendance boundaries where possible while repurposing space to win state aid for future improvements.

“We’ve studied redistricting in our district for years,” Krueger said in her presentation. She summarized four options reviewed this summer — elementary‑only redistricting; redistricting plus middle‑school boundary shifts; relocating fifth grade to the East Middle campus; and…