Lake Park, Iowa — Some important decisions lie ahead for the Harris-Lake Park School Board now that voters have overwhelmingly approved a bond issue for the construction of a new elementary building at the middle school-high school site.
Among them is what to do with the current elementary building once the new facility is constructed. Superintendent Gary Richardson says all options are on the table for now.
As of now, Richardson says there’s been no outside interest in the current elementary building. In addition to the facility itself, Richardson says the board also has to decide what to do with some property just north, across the street from the existing elementary.
The board took no action on that at their meeting Monday evening.
Regarding construction of the new elementary, Richardson says FEH, the district’s architectural firm, has already started design work. The board approved an agreement with an engineering firm this week for a site study and with another firm that specializes in geotechnical soil testing.
The 18.6 million dollar bond issue for a new pre-K through fifth grade addition passed by 76 percent on Tuesday, November 7th.
(Courtesy fellow Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake)
