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Board approves consent agenda including construction bid awards; district unveils new Maple Grove elementary plans
Summary
The Independent School District 279 school board approved the consent agenda, which included construction bid approvals, and heard a presentation on a new two‑story elementary in northwest Maple Grove and renovations across multiple elementary schools. Consent and a separate gifts vote passed 6–0.
The Independent School District 279 school board on Jan. 21 approved the consent agenda 6–0, accepting meeting minutes, financial reports, personnel items, grants, construction bid approvals and other routine items. The board later approved donated gifts to the district totaling $227,040.84 by a separate 6–0 vote.
John Morstead, the district’s executive director of finance and operations, presented renderings and program details for a new elementary school in northwest Maple Grove and renovation work at several existing elementaries. He said the new school will be about 139,000 square feet and designed to serve roughly 1,100 pre‑K through fifth‑grade students at full capacity. Morstead described it as the district’s first two‑story elementary, with a main entrance off Arbor Ridge Parkway (previously Troy Lane) and a bus entry from Stieg Road (previously 101st). He noted outdoor classrooms, three learning patios, a light‑filled media center and learning studios organized as six learning studios, each with six classrooms, breakout spaces, teacher office space and bathroom suites.
Morstead also reviewed renovations planned for Oakview, Woodland, Rush Creek, Basswood and Edinbrook elementaries and a maintenance addition at the Educational Service Center. As part of the projects, every elementary and middle school that does not already have one will receive an outdoor classroom. He said the district is procuring new furniture across K‑12 as the work proceeds, and that the overall furniture package is in the mid‑$20,000,000 range.
The consent agenda motion to approve was moved by Director Sarah Mitchell and seconded by Director Kelsey Dawson; the board approved the consent agenda 6 to 0. The separate motion to approve gifts totaling $227,040.84 was moved by Director Thomas Brooks and seconded by Director Bridal Foster and passed 6 to 0. The meeting adjourned after a final motion to adjourn moved by Director Thomas Brooks and seconded by Director Sarah Mitchell (vote 6–0).
