May 12 Growing Together Podcast: Why LAS is Pursuing Additions Rather Than a New Middle School

Lakeville Public School District Board · March 19, 2026

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Board frames voter request as fiscally restrained response to middle-school space needs

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A board member said the board is responding to building administrators and the superintendent about space challenges at the middle school and plans to ask voters for funding to meet critical, not optional, needs; emphasized restraint given economic pressures on families.

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At a recent Lakeville Public School District board meeting, members said they will ask voters to approve a $139 million plan to expand middle-school capacity, describing the request as focused on critical needs rather than “big shiny” projects. Board members argued the proposed work is more cost-effective than building a new middle school, which they said would cost roughly $100 million more.

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