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Staff member says buying L Grand would add nine classrooms and ease overcrowding
Summary
A staff member told the meeting that acquiring the L Grand property through a referendum would secure nine classrooms at a lower per-classroom cost than adding space to existing elementary schools and would avoid increasing drop-off, lunch and library congestion.
A staff member told the meeting that if the referendum succeeds the district would acquire the L Grand property to prevent it from becoming residential housing and to add nine classrooms for elementary students. "The L Grand purchase and getting those nine classrooms it's cheaper per classroom than adding on a classroom to any Elementary School," the staff member said.
The staff member said the district considered building additions at other schools but argued those changes carry operational drawbacks: enlarging campuses, expanding drop-off zones and increasing lunch demand. "You're making the drop off larger ... you're making the lunch demands larger ... the media center the libraries larger ... they're already at at capacity the cafeteria as well," the staff member said, citing strain on shared facilities as a key concern.
The presentation framed the L Grand acquisition as both a cost and logistics choice: a way to add classroom capacity while avoiding the expanded traffic, supervision and food-service burdens that accompany enlarging existing campuses. The staff member also said acquiring the property would protect it from development that could otherwise add residential housing near schools.
The transcript does not record a formal vote or a final decision on the acquisition; next steps were not specified in the available segments.
