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Williston Basin School Board approves reconfiguration of elementary and middle schools, opens Sloane Elementary and creates ASB Preschool Center
Summary
The Williston Basin School District No. 7 board voted unanimously to reconfigure several elementary schools to kindergarten–fifth grade, open Sloane Elementary as K–5, rename and repurpose ASB Innovation Academy as the ASB Preschool Center to house early‑childhood programs, and make the middle‑school campus 6–8. Board members approved each motion by roll call.
The Williston Basin School District No. 7 board voted to approve a package of school reconfigurations intended to respond to projected enrollment growth and reorganize grade spans across the district.
At the meeting the board approved motions to convert Hagen, Lewis and Clark, McVay, Rickard and Wilkinson elementary schools to kindergarten through fifth grade, to open Sloane Elementary as a kindergarten‑through‑fifth facility, and to rename and repurpose the ASB Innovation Academy as the ASB Preschool Center to house the district’s Best‑in‑Class and early childhood special‑education preschool programs. The board also approved a reconfiguration of the Williston Middle central campus to serve grades 6–8 and discontinued certain prior school name usages.
Board members moved and seconded each action and approved them by roll call. The motions carried without recorded negative votes. The board chair called the roll for each item, and members signaled approval in sequence during the recorded votes.
Board members said the changes are intended to better align grade spans with capacity and to concentrate pre‑K services in a single center. During discussion, administrators described the shift as part of a larger effort tied to enrollment growth and facility planning. The ASB Preschool Center will house Best‑in‑Class classrooms and ECSE rooms, bringing pre‑K services together to allow shared recess and lunchtime and greater collaboration among pre‑K staff.
What’s next: the board’s actions finalize the reconfiguration plan; administrators said the changes will be implemented for the coming school year and that required operational details — staffing, room assignments and transportation routing — will be handled in follow‑up work by district staff.
