The School Board has approved an addition to Prior Lake High School.
On March 4, the school board approved a recommendation from the Growth Task Force (GTF) to add classroom space to PLHS using Lease Levy funding at no additional cost to tax payers.
Current enrollment at PLHS is 2,275 students, which is approximately 200 students over capacity.
The GTF has researched the district’s latest demographic study which points to an enrollment
increase that averages 2,472 students between the years 2013 and 2027.
As a result, the district along with the GTF has researched the option of adding a general purpose
classroom addition to PLHS through the use of Lease Levy funds. Securing funding through
Minnesota’s Lease Levy program would enable the district to keep the tax rate flat, with no
increase to tax payers.
Preliminary design concepts are for a three-story addition that includes flexible classroom spaces
to allow for future enrollment growth. General purpose classrooms will be included as well as
science labs, special education and ELL rooms, and office space. The addition will cost an
estimated $8.3 million.
The district’s Facilities Committee will now review design options with the goal of beginning
construction this September and opening the addition September 1, 2014.
For more information about the Growth Task Force process, study and options considered, click here.
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