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USD 457 staff recommend restarting multi‑year plan to reconfigure grades; propose steering committees and timeline
Summary
Interim superintendent outlined prior committees, recommended a district steering process and proposed a phased timeline for moving to a K–5/6–8 configuration, with the earliest implementation eyed for 2028 and substantial facility, personnel and cost considerations to follow.
Interim Superintendent Josh Guymon reviewed nearly two decades of planning and recommended the district restart work toward a grade‑reconfiguration plan that would implement a K–5/6–8 configuration districtwide, with an earliest feasible implementation target of 2028.
Guymon summarized prior study work: committees in 2008 and 2018 examined configurations and in 2018 recommended a K–5/6–8 model. A follow-up committee in 2021–22 developed two alignment options — converting Charles Stones into a third middle school (with a projected higher cost) or moving…
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