WHITE BEAR LAKE AREA SCHOOLS
BOND REFERENDUM PASSES
V
oters in the White Bear Lake
Area School District approved
a $326 million building bond
request to address building needs
across the district by a margin of 57.4%
yes to 42.6% no. • safety and security improvements and
deferred maintenance projects at all
district facilities,
• district-wide classroom and building
updates to create flexible learning
spaces.
The voter-approved bonds will fund a
Comprehensive Facilities Plan that was
based on a nearly year-long facilities
planning process that included:
a 90-member Facilities Planning
Committee composed of parents,
staff and community members; several
School Board discussions; community
surveys; and demographic and facilities
studies. In addition, building-specific changes,
which are primarily driven by
enrollment growth and classroom
needs, will include:
Construction projects which address
building needs across the district will
include:
• district-wide additions and renovations
to accommodate projected enrollment
growth,
• a new K-5 elementary school being
built in Hugo,
• converting Oneka from grades
2-5 to a K-5 elementary and Hugo
Elementary from grades K-1 to a
northern Early Childhood location,
• the current grades 9-10 North Campus
receiving an addition to become the
district’s new unified grade 9-12 high
school,
• Sunrise Park Middle School moving
to the current grades 11-12 South
Campus location,
• the current Sunrise Park Middle
School site becoming the site
for various community programs
including the Senior Center and Early
Childhood programs currently housed
at Normandy Park, the Transition
Education Center currently located in
leased space in Hugo, and the district
office,
• Central Middle School expanding to
take over the current District Center
building.
“This courageous step forward by our
community will serve the school district
and all residents well for decades to
come,” said White Bear Lake Area
Schools Superintendent Wayne
Kazmierczak. “We are grateful to the
Comprehensive Facilities Planning team
that worked incredibly hard on these
recommendations - and to the voters
for approving them.”
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