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Region 15 feasibility committee recommends new single campus; board authorizes property search
Summary
The Regional School District 15 Feasibility Study Committee recommended building one new campus configured as a "school within a school" to replace Gainesville and Pomprive elementaries; the board gave staff consensus to begin searching for potential sites and to present candidate properties in executive session.
The Regional School District 15 Board of Education spent the bulk of its meeting discussing a Feasibility Study Committee recommendation that the district address extensive repairs and capacity issues at Gainesville Elementary School (GES) and Pomprive Elementary School (PES) by building a new, combined campus described as a "school within a school." The presenter said the committee reviewed 11 meetings, three community conversations and tours of district facilities before reaching a unanimous recommendation to pursue a single new campus on a new property.
The committee argued a single-campus design creates economies of scale—shared kitchens, mechanical spaces and administration—and could improve state reimbursement because shared spaces reduce duplicated square…
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