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Prior Lake‑Savage board reviews five elementary boundary scenarios; transportation and start times drive tradeoffs
Summary
The board reviewed multiple redraw scenarios to absorb students after planned site changes. Some scenarios would require adding buses or moving school start times; the district aims to narrow to two options for more detailed cost analysis at its next meetings.
The Prior Lake‑Savage Area Schools board spent substantial time Oct. 14 reviewing five proposed elementary attendance boundary scenarios intended to reassign students after program and site changes, and district staff warned that transportation capacity and start‑time shifts drive key tradeoffs.
Director Ryder, who led the presentation, said the district modeled multiple options to balance capacity, minimize disruption and limit transportation cost increases. "First scenario...it affected the least amount of students except for the Westwood students. The challenge for this 1 is it's would be a a really large dollar amount hit for our transportation costs. We would have to add a minimum of 4 Busses in order to accommodate that school going in with all those students going to that school," Ryder…
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