Long Range Facilities Plan Delivers Best Value for Duluth Students and Taxpayers
At the School Board Committee of the Whole meeting on June 23rd, Let Duluth Vote presented its “Plan B,” which is now being forwarded to the Minnesota Department of Education for the review and comment process.
The link below offers a side by side comparison of Plan B to the Long Range Facilities Plan, which is currently underway. This comparison will show you the many ways in which the Long Range Facilities Plan offers Duluth students the best school facilities and educational resources and taxpayers the most value today and well into the future.
Click here to view the differences in tax impact, operational savings, building efficiencies and other features of the Long Range Facilities Plan compared to the alternative Plan B.
UPDATE – On August 12th, the Duluth Public Schools received a letter from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) concerning the Let Duluth Vote (LDV) Plan B Review and Comment document submitted in late June 2009.
According to the letter, the information contained in the current Plan B Review and Comment is incomplete and does not meet the requirements of state law. Specifically, MDE requests the following:
- Detailed information about Phase II of LDV’s project. MDE understands that Phase II is subject to successful passage of a bond referendum by local residents. However, the work LDV proposes for Phase II is still an integral and necessary part of the plan, and MDE is asking for a more comprehensive picture of what Phase II includes.
- Specific information about the proposed middle school on the Denfeld site. MDE wants to better understand how LDV intends to construct a second school on a relatively small site (roughly 14 acres), and if they intend to expand the site through land acquisition.
The District has asked to meet with the representatives from Let Duluth Vote who worked on the latest version of Plan B in order to develop responses to MDE’s requests.