Wayzata board approves resolution to call April 2026 special election for large facilities package, including separate pool question

The Wayzata Public Schools Board of Education voted on Nov. 10 to adopt a resolution calling a special election on April 14, 2026, that would ask voters to renew an expiring technology levy and to approve general obligation bonds for a large facilities package and a separate pool question.

The package presented by district leaders and its facility partners would fund a new elementary school and a new middle school, additions at Wayzata High School, kitchen and cafeteria upgrades, expanded physical‑education and athletics spaces, special‑education spaces and other capital projects. A standalone ballot question would request voter approval to construct an eight‑lane pool at Wayzata High School.

Executive Director of Finance and Operations Trevor Peterson told the board the proposal is the product of multi‑year planning with Wold Architects, Kraus Anderson, and public financial advisors, and…