Lake Harriet Takes Next Step Toward Addition
District officials also voice commitment to keep lower-income families at high-performing schools.
Tuesday night, the Minneapolis school board gave a unanimous nod to begin the design and planning process for an addition to Lake Harriet Community School's Lower Campus. "If you'd asked me three months ago if we'd be here tonight (with this decision in hand), I would have said no," said Caroline Cochran, a Lake Harriet parent helping push for new construction. The district will use bonds, without levying property owners, to pay for the roughly $11 million project, along with $21 million in construction at similarly crowded Pratt and Lake Nokomis schools. The news comes as the district learned earlier this week that it has to find $15 million to make up for money lost after the state legislature eliminated the Market Value Homestead …
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