Dec 21, 2020
Parents and children leave the Montessori at Glenn Loomis Elementary School last spring.Record-Eagle file photo/Jan-Michael Stump/
TRAVERSE CITY â Construction on a new Montessori school in Traverse City might be months away, but the work to put shovels in the ground is moving forward.
Traverse City Area Public Schools teachers, students and families say they have tried to fit a square peg into a round hole for decades and that the Montessori School at Glenn Loomis was not built to support a Montessori education.
A new school on Franke Road is designed to do just that.
Christine Thomas-Hill, associate superintendent of finance and operations, said a presentation to update board trustees on the progress, including interior designs, will happen Jan. 6. The bid for the $23.5 million project is set for Jan. 18, and the board is expected to give final approval in March.