The USD 457 Board of Education held discussion on a District Reconfiguration Proposal during its regular meeting on Monday. No action was taken on the proposal; it will be taken up as an action item at the Board’s Sept. 26 meeting where the Board will vote on what direction it wants to take with it. The proposal would transition the district to a K-5, 6-8, 9-14 grade configuration, removing the intermediate school levels, by fall 2028. Board member Andy Fahrmeier said there would be a three-year transition period plan that would start at the beginning of the 2025-26 school year. It would begin with changing the district to a K-6, 7-8 model while construction is conducted at Kenneth Henderson Middle School to add 16-20 classrooms to accommodate 50% of the district’s sixth to eighth grade students. In the fall of 2028 they would transition to the K-5, 6-8 model.
Source: Garden City Telegram
