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April 14, 2015

State: 5,500 additional classrooms needed to comply with court ruling

  • Building new classrooms to meet the 2018 deadline set in the McCleary decision is expected to cost $2 billion.
  • By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
    Associated Press

    DES MOINES — When the Highline School District decided to give its kindergarten students a full day of learning — a few years ahead of a state requirement — they had to get creative to find places for the 5-year-olds to learn their ABCs.

    At Des Moines Elementary, a basement storage room that flooded each winter was repaired and repurposed as a kindergarten classroom. With voters rejecting two bond proposals to build schools and add classrooms, better facilities are likely years away.


     
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