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Board hears facilities vision: $11.4M stadium upgrades, $15.3M ALC concept and attendance‑area timeline
Summary
District staff presented a facilities vision through 2035 including an $11.4M estimate for high‑school stadium upgrades, a $15.3M alternate learning center (ALC) concept at Lakeville South, middle‑school capacity options, and an attendance‑area alignment process that will return to the board Dec. 16 for consideration.
Lucas Yoho, executive director of operations, briefed the board on the district’s facilities vision to 2035, work from a 10‑person facility advisory group and a recent educator input session. Yoho highlighted major project estimates and process steps the board will use to sequence proposals and community engagement.
Key cost and concept items Yoho detailed included high‑school stadium upgrades estimated at $11.4 million to address bathrooms, concessions and team rooms for equity between schools; an alternate learning center (ALC) concept at Lakeville South developed with World Architects and Loeffler with an estimated budget of $15.3 million and about a 17‑month build timeline; and multiple options to address middle‑school capacity (phased expansions vs. a new fourth middle school), each with tradeoffs in land, timing and repurposing older buildings such as Maguire.
Board members raised process questions about the facility advisory group’s composition and called for broader demographic representation in future advisory work. Yoho and Superintendent Baumann said staff will synthesize educator input and community survey results and present refined priorities at a special meeting and a Dec. 16 board session for consideration; a final decision on attendance areas is expected in January because it ties to staffing organization timelines.
Yoho emphasized sequencing and tax burden considerations, noting the next required voter approvals for certain capital items are projected in 2033 and 2035 and that operating levy renewals could be done by board action in nearer years.
What’s next: staff will deliver collated advisory and survey input, refined project priorities and attendance‑area draft recommendations at upcoming meetings (special meeting Dec. 9 and Dec. 16 presentation).
