Facilities Planning
Our projected enrollment growth and our visionary Strategic Plan underscore the need for a comprehensive facilities review and planning process that kicked off in the fall of 2018 and continued throughout the 2018-19 school year.
Comprehensive Facilities Plan FAQs
- How was the plan built?
- How will the plan be implemented?
- What is a summary of the plan?
- What was the timeline for the Facilities process?
- Where would students go to school during construction?
- Why is the bond so large?
- Is there anything in the plan that can wait?
- How has the district informed the community about the bond referendum?
- Can Hugo be its own district?
- Why didn’t the committee decide to stick with status quo?
- Is Open Enrollment the cause of the projected increased enrollment?
- How will I benefit if I don’t have children in the district?
- Elementary-specific questions
- High School-specific questions
- Rumor vs. Reality
How was the plan built?
How will the plan be implemented?
What is a summary of the plan?
What was the timeline for the Facilities process?
Where would students go to school during construction?
Why is the bond so large?
Is there anything in the plan that can wait?
How has the district informed the community about the bond referendum?
Can Hugo be its own district?
Why didn’t the committee decide to stick with status quo?
Is Open Enrollment the cause of the projected increased enrollment?
How will I benefit if I don’t have children in the district?
Elementary-specific questions
High School-specific questions
Rumor vs. Reality
Bond Referendum News
The March 24 issue of the Community e-Newsletter is now available! The publication covers student and staff successes, School Board news, and school and Community Education offerings.
Jim Galvin, long-time coach, teacher, and community member, has been honored by White Bear Lake Area Schools for his decades of service to the school community. The White Bear Lake Area School Board voted at its March 4, 2024 meeting to name the fully renovated White Bear Lake Area High School gymnasium “Galvin Court.”
Community members are invited to stop by throughout the academic year for an informal chat with Superintendent Kazmierczak over a cup of coffee.
- Feb. 22, 2024 from 12-1 p.m.
- May 7, 2024 from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Due to forecasted weather conditions throughout the day, White Bear Lake Area Schools middle and high school buildings will dismiss early today, Tuesday, March 26.
Secondary schools will dismiss at the following times:
- WBLAHS - North Campus: 12 p.m.
- Area Learning Center (ALC): 12:20 p.m.
- WBLAHS - South Campus: 12:30 p.m.
- Central Middle School: 1 p.m.
- Sunrise Park Middle School: 1 p.m.
Transportation routes will run on an earlier schedule.
Conferences scheduled for grades 6-12+ families will be rescheduled to a later date.
Elementary schools, Full Day Preschool and Transition Education Center programs will dismiss at regular times and transportation routes will run as close to the regular schedule as possible. The Extended Day Program will close at 4:30 p.m.
Afternoon preschool and Special Education programs with a start time after 12 p.m. are canceled.
All after school activities including targeted services, clubs, and FLEX are canceled.
Due to winter weather conditions, White Bear Lake Area Schools will be closed today, Monday, March 25. All district buildings and programs will be closed. This includes all regular before-school, after-school, Extended Day and Community Education activities. Senior Center activities and Meals on Wheels are canceled as well.
If winter weather is so severe that schools need to close, families will be alerted via phone, email and text to those who have opted in to receiving texts from the district. (Instructions for opt-in here.) The message will be posted on the district's website and social media accounts, and the information will also be available on local media outlets.
Presentations to the School Board
Facilities Planning Process
The district worked last summer with a demographer to project our enrollment trends and with a design and engineering firm to collect data about our facilities. Next steps included community involvement, with engagement efforts taking place in order to collect input from the community at large.
A Facility Planning Committee comprised of a trio of teams focused on the areas of learning spaces, community spaces, and physical conditions.
Facilities Planning Committee Membership
The Facility Planning Committee was formed with an application process in September of 2018 to study the White Bear Lake Area Schools' facilities and develop a comprehensive, long-range Facilities Master Plan for recommendation to the School Board. The facilities study and resulting recommendation was based on capacity, current enrollment, projected enrollment, educational needs of the School District, alignment with the District's Strategic Vision, community recreation, special programs, school security, and financial stewardship.
View the complete District Facility Planning Committee Charge Statement.