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Acting Superintendent outlines plan to close Greenhaven School Building; public comment period includes 11 speakers
Summary
At a March 26 special meeting of Independent School District No. 701, Acting Superintendent McDonald presented on the proposed closure of the Greenhaven School Building. The transcript lists 11 community members who spoke during public comment; no board vote or final decision on the closure appears in the record.
Acting Superintendent McDonald presented the school district's plan to close the Greenhaven School Building during a special meeting of the Independent School District No. 701 board at Lincoln Middle School Auditorium on March 26, 2026. The meeting began at 6:00 P.M., and the board approved the meeting agenda before the presentation.
The transcript records that McDonald gave a presentation on the closure but does not include the presentation's substantive text, timelines, financial figures, or specific implementation steps. Following the presentation, Director Jeff Polcher, serving as acting chair for public comment, recognized members of the public to speak in the order they signed in.
The transcript lists the names of 11 community speakers who addressed the closure of the Greenhaven School Building: Justin Fosso; Ashton Martin; Kallee Fosso; Morgan Martin; Chris Bjelland; Molly Johnsrud; Amber Chrysler; Bob Clover; Jennifer Johnson; Katie McLaughlin; and Jen Forer. The verbatim transcript provided does not contain summaries or direct quotations of their remarks; therefore this article reports only that the speakers spoke on the topic and records their names as listed in the meeting record.
There is no board vote or formal action on the closure recorded in the provided transcript. Procedural motions included approval of the agenda (moved by Director McLaughlin, supported by Director Gabardi; "motion carried unanimously") and a motion to adjourn (moved by Director McLaughlin, supported by Chair John Berklich), which closed the meeting at 7:09 P.M.
Present at the meeting were Chair John Berklich; Directors McLaughlin, Jeff Polcher (Clerk), Gabardi and Egan. Director Galatz and Student Director Sam Hardy were absent. Marcus Jardine, legal counsel, presented the ground rules for the public hearing. The transcript does not specify next steps, follow-up items, or a timetable for any final decision about the Greenhaven School Building closure.
