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Board approves moving Warren/Morton High School design work and advances Grundy/Morton Academy expansion planning
Summary
The Morton 7-0-9 Board authorized architects to develop bid-ready documents for the high school weight-training addition (phase 2) and discussed a separate Grundy Elementary addition to provide classrooms and proper space for Morton Academy, a K–6 public day program serving students with intensive social-emotional needs.
The Morton Community Unit School District 709 Board of Education voted to move forward with detailed architectural design and bid documents for phase 2 at Morton High School — a new weight-training facility with the Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center lobby included as an alternate — and discussed preliminary designs for a Grundy Elementary addition that would create classroom, cafeteria and sensory space to house Morton Academy.
Superintendent Greg Smock told the board that “phase 1 is basically done,” and presented a multi‑phase plan that pairs immediate high‑school work (the weight room and gym upgrades) with a later effort to right‑size Grundy Elementary and provide dedicated Morton Academy facilities. Smock said the district has allocated cash reserves and annual capital budgeting to cover projects and that architects will next produce bid documents the board can review before committing to construction contracts.
Board members and staff emphasized Morton Academy’s program…
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