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Lake Elmo Elementary principal flags staffing, capacity concerns; board awards $2.92 million earthwork contract for new building
Summary
The principal told the board Lake Elmo Elementary is over capacity (enrollment 719), highlighted staffing shortages in paraprofessionals and specialized programs, and the board unanimously awarded the earthwork contract for the new Lake Elmo Elementary to Park Construction Company for $2,922,700.
The board heard an update on Lake Elmo Elementary School and awarded the earthwork contract for the school’s new building site.
The school’s principal (name not identified in the transcript) told the board Lake Elmo’s enrollment is 719 students and said the building is over capacity. “We are above capacity,” the principal said, and added that Lake Elmo is the largest elementary school in the district and will open a new building in the fall of 2026.
The principal described program offerings at Lake Elmo, including a dual-language Spanish immersion program (Amigos Unidos) and an English track, the district’s medically complex “Pony Room” (serving kindergarten through fifth grade), and an added Communication…
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