Caledonia Argus

Caledonia Elementary ready for March 6 move

Posted: 3/4/03

by Andrew Miller
Argus News Reporter

With construction completed at the former high school, Caledonia Elementary students and staff are preparing for the move to their new locale later this week, one door down from the schoolís present location on West Main Street.

ìStudents are pretty excited about it,î said Caledonia Elementary Principal Connie Hesse. ìThey canít wait to see their new classrooms.î

Students will get a sneak peek of the retrofitted building this Wednesday, March 5, at which time theyíll be given a general orientation of the premises.

Classes at the elementary school have been cancelled March 6-7 to accommodate the move. The bulk of the schoolís furniture will be transported on Thursday, and on Friday teacherís supplies will be moved. The ISD #299 district office will also move into the retrofitted building on Friday.

School for Caledonia Elementary students will resume on Monday, March 10.

Board verifies distribution of referendum money

Prior to the December operating levy referendum, school board members indicated that, should voters approve the operating levy, several itemsñ such as technology updates and staff developmentñ would receive funding as a result. At a meeting on March 3, the board verified by an unanimous vote that funds generated by the operating levy referendum will indeed be allotted to those particular items.

Board member Chuck Schulte commented, ìBasically weíre honoring to the taxpayers what we told them weíd do.î

The boardís decision on March 3 means that for the first year of the levy, the 2003-04 school year, $153,000 will be allotted to additional faculty positions, $95,000 to curriculum support for items like textbooks and software, $75,000 to technology updates, $55,000 to the reinstatement of staff development funding, $40,000 to an additional custodian, and $100,000 to the districtís fund balance.

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