Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News ) — The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday (Mar 18, 2013) reviewed options in the school districts growth, the next seven years.

Superintendent Bob Toso noted the anticipated growth at Spiritwood Energy Park, which could mean Jamestown Public Schools having an additional 600 students.

The South Central Dakota Regional Council and Maxfield Consultants, say the area will need roughly 1,200 new homes by 2020.

It’s anticipated that the population growth would add students to Gussner Elementary, or Louis L’Amour elementary.

Toso says options to spread out the increase in students at those schools include moving students to Washington Elementary School, which has room, or closing Washington and building additions to Gussner or Louis L’Amour or a combination of the two plans.

Another plan would be to realign schools to teach a specific grade level in each building.

For example, a school would house all the kindergarten and first grade students.

It was brought up that the plans will likely come from increases in school property taxes.

The Jamestown High School 22 mill tax levy is schedule to end in 2017.

Toso said some of those mills could be transferred to any new building, with voter approval.

 

In other business, the School Board okayed paying $5,000 to the Two Rivers Activity Center committee, if other groups contribute to fund the next stage in development of the proposed building,

The meeting was recorded and is now showing on CSi Cable 10.