SCHOOL BOARD WANTS PUBLIC INPUT ON USING PARK FOR BRYANT SCHOOL REPLACEMENT

 THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD HOPES TO STILL BUILD A REPLACEMENT FOR BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT LEIF ERICSON PARK.

THE BOARD CONDUCTED A NEARLY TWO HOUR WORK SESSION WEDNESDAY MORNING WHERE MEMBERS INCLUDING BOARD PRESIDENT DOUG BATCHELLER SAID THEY WANTED TO GET PUBLIC OPINION ON BUILDING AT LEIF ERICSON:

THE BOARD DECIDED TO DELAY UNTIL AT LEAST SEPTEMBER A RECCOMENDATION BY SUPERINTENDENT DR. PAUL GAUSMAN TO DEMOLISH THE HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE TO BE USED FOR A NEW NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY FACILITY.

THE CITY COUNCIL UNANAMOUSLY REJECTED LEIF ERICSON AS A POSSIBLE SCHOOL SITE IN MARCH.

THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO DECIDED TO MOVE TO BEGIN PLANS FOR A NEW WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WOULD NOT INCLUDE WHITTIER STUDENTS.

FOUR HOMES NEAR WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED FOR THAT PROJECT.

THE BOARD ALSO WILL PROCEED WITH PLANS TO ACQUIRE THE FROMER ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL SITE CURRENTLY USED BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS HOME AS A FUTURE REPLACEMENT SITE FOR HUNT ELEMENTARY.

AND BECAUSE SALES TAX FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE IDEA OF A NEW SCHOOL TAX....A PHYSICAL PLANT LEVY TO PAY FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE THREE 40 YEAR OLD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS....WAS ALSO FLOATED.

NONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WERE OFFICIALLY VOTED ON, AS THE MEETING WAS A WORK SESSION AND NOT A FORMAL BOARD HEARING.