District Realignment Recommendation

Last night, District 241's school board had a workshop to discuss 3 earlier proposed school realignment options.  Those options were the following: 1)a Kindergarten center, 2)a 6th grade only center, 3) and an 8-12 High School.  The final recommendation to the board was to have an 8-12 building and move the 6th grades out of our current 4 elementary buildings.  Please read the full article at the Albert Lea Tribune or Dr. Funk's blog post.  If you want to review the power point and information presented to the board from the various site visits, you can find that here.  As Principal at Sibley, I think it is important for people to realize that we have about 30 more students than we have in previous years.  This growing number is great but we certainly are being challenged by it.  Our art instruction is done in the cafeteria this year, with our band students practicing nearby in the teacher's lounge.  We also have staff in makeshift offices in our book room, and our ELL instruction takes place in what was a conference room.  Yes, we are a bit full but making the most of it.  A final decision should be made in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned.