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Albert Lea task force backs a stepwise plan that would put 7th grade into high school to curb declining enrollment
Summary
A district task force recommended a least‑disruptive, multi‑year plan that would convert Albert Lea High School to a 7–12 model while holding most elementary sites, citing transportation, special‑education continuity and roughly $550,000–$600,000 in potential annual savings per closed site as key factors.
A task force convened by the Albert Lea Public School District reviewed three facility‑reconfiguration options and coalesced around a stepwise plan that would convert the comprehensive high school to a 7–12 building while maintaining most elementary sites for the near term.
The task‑force presenter (Speaker 1) said the group’s guiding goals are to ‘‘use space as efficiently as possible,’’ limit disruption and stage changes over multiple years tied to enrollment trends. ‘‘We established a task force to look at the facilities and operational cost aligned with current and future educational needs,’’ the presenter said, summarizing the group’s charge.
Why it matters: District leaders told the task force they face declining enrollment and an enrollment ‘‘bubble’’ in lower grades from pandemic‑era shifts. The panel weighed three options: (1) a conservative step model…
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