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Region 15 feasibility committee narrows school options to three; community meeting May 22
Summary
The Regional School District 15 feasibility study committee has reduced its long list of 11 options for elementary school facilities to three choices, favoring new-construction approaches to maximize potential state reimbursement. The board heard details May 12 and was asked to encourage community participation at a May 22 meeting.
The Regional School District 15 Board of Education on May 12 received a detailed update from the district's feasibility study committee, which narrowed an initial field of 11 facility options to three and outlined next steps including a community conversation on May 22.
Mary McGuire, who presented the committee's work, said the group met 10 times since formation and conducted multiple site visits, interviews and community conversations. "We narrowed down our field of options from 11 to 3," McGuire said, adding that the committee's selections favor new construction in part to increase the district's chance of higher state reimbursement.
The three preferred options the committee flagged are: (1) a combined new elementary school on a to-be-determined site (referred to in committee materials as option 3D); (2) expanded-enrollment new construction for both schools on their existing properties (4B); and (3) expanded-enrollment new construction with one school remaining on existing property and the other located on new land (4C). McGuire emphasized the presentation used concept art and…
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