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Grant Elementary’s gym is also the school’s cafeteria. This year, the school has students eating breakfast in classrooms because they don’t have enough time to clean the space and transfer it back to a gym before the first class of the day.

Grant Elementary’s gym is also the school’s cafeteria. This year, the school has students eating breakfast in classrooms because they don’t have enough time to clean the space and transfer it back to a gym before the first class of the day.

January 15, 2026

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Ephrata School District proposes Grant Elem. replacement
January 16, 2026 3 a.m.

Ephrata School District proposes Grant Elem. replacement

EPHRATA — Grant Elementary – an overcrowded, nearly 70‑year‑old school where more than 40% of students learn in portables – has become a driver behind the Ephrata School District’s $75 million Feb. 2026 bond proposal to replace the aging campus, according to Ephrata School District officials.