School facilities meeting tonight

ROYAL CITY - The Royal School District Community Communications Committee will host another in a continuing series of facilities meetings tonight at the high school library.

The last meeting, two weeks ago, was attended by 30 or so patrons. More are expected this time, according to Supt. Rose Search.

"Some people who were planning to come last time called and said they couldn't make it because of conflicts," Search said. "I'm expecting them this time."

The participants at the facilities meeting of July 31 leaned toward asking for a new school construction bond election in February, according to Search.

District staff will bring cost information of different building options to tonight's meeting. So far, the leading option is to expand the 5th-grade POD into an intermediate school.

That project would add 230 student slots to the overall capacity of the district. The new school would add fourth grade and sixth grade to the fifth grade for a total of 360 students.

Moving fourth and sixth grades would ease crowding at the elementary school and the middle school, Search said.

- Staff report