Keith Vandervort
ELY – As the ISD 696 school community plans for the completion of a major construction project on the school campus over the next 18 months or so, disruptions and dust will likely be the new normal as builders demolish unused structures, work to link two existing school buildings, and renovate landmark facilities.
The $20 million project should be completed in time for the start of the 2022-23 school year, but staff and students are already getting a taste of the temporary re-locations, classroom shuffling and learning materials storage challenges necessary for the renovation of the 100-year-old buildings.
School board members were updated on the project during a study session Monday night and were asked to consider, among other things, approving an end-of-the-school year schedule change for the K-5 students in the Washington building to make room for construction crews.