(KNOX) – East Grand Forks School District Superintendent Kevin Grover says that cuts will be necessary after two bond referendums and an operating levy measure failed to pass last Tuesday. If the measures were approved, the district says it would have helped fund maintenance projects, a $600,000 per year operations levy that would have been for a decade, and a preschool addition at New Heights Elementary School.
Grover says the district’s mechanical systems in the school’s buildings haven’t reached a point of them being at critical failure, but it will get more expensive over time the longer it is not addressed. The heat pumps at the New Heights and South Point Elementary schools, and at Central Middle School reportedly need to be replaced.
The district replaced 11 pumps last school year and it cost $10,000 for each pump. Four pumps have already been replaced this school year, and there are over 150 between all three schools.
The East Grand Forks School Board will decide on any future cuts before the 2027-2028 school year begins.
The school board is meeting tonight at 5:30pm at East Grand Forks Senior High.
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