Bemidji Pioneer: CL-B school board approves stripped-down referendum option

CASS LAKE -- Cass Lake-Bena voters will be asked to approve -- or not approve -- a stripped-down facilities plan in the fall.

The School Board voted 4-1 on Wednesday to put a $16.2 million bonding referendum on ballots this fall. Dubbed “Option A3” to distinguish it from a series of more expensive variations, the plan would upgrade and expand Cass Lake-Bena Elementary and renovate a few sections of the district’s secondary schools and its district offices and alternative learning center. The original “Option A” that was presented to residents at a trio of community engagement meetings this spring and summer would have cost $24 million, but district staff asked consultants to pare down that plan at a meeting earlier this month.

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