MGSD Financial Crisis FB Group:
Here are the cliff notes from tonight’s meeting:
š Superintendent Proposal:
26-27 School Year:
CGS ā 4K-2
District office and MG21 ā TPS
Sell district office and Maywood to cover future capital projects/improvements (details can be found in board docs for this meeting)
š« Possible School Restructuring:
Despite increase in housing, since 2017 enrollment has remained level
Capacity Report: https://drive.google.com/…/1GI5u9rQdALgZsPGIPlY…/view…
School board members completed a gallery walk to look at plat maps of properties owned by the district (available on board docs).
Projected numbers show progressively less students with a total of 50+ less students 4K-2 in five years. Also, 4K students are only half day, but reflected as full day in these numbers.
4K-2 projected enrollment:
26-27 – 462
27-28 – 432
28-29 – 437
29-30 – 429
30-31 – 429
CGS capacity = 540
A traffic reduction solution needed to support transition. Cost may be prohibitive, need this before making any final decisions.
There may be some staffing impact on up to two FTE custodial staff and possibly a health room assistant role. This is still being reviewed. (Updated)
š²Facilities Costs:
We donāt want to have any empty district buildings, we want to maximize our use of space.
District Office and MG21 can relocate more easily than anyone else if we see an unexpected future increase in enrollment and need to reopen all or part of TPS.
Maywood: All agree it’s a good idea to authorize a broker to evaluate the value of the property (not necessarily sell). Some concern about what would happen in Monona if Winnequa was outgrown. By getting rid of Maywood and District Office, there is no contingency for growth like there is with TPS in Cottage Grove.
MG21: Concerns about losing some possible integrity of the program, connections to community, etc. by relocation. Could District Office parcel be split? Keep half, sell other half to keep MG21 in Monona? There are more Cottage Grove kids in MG21 than Monona.
The 4K-2 decision has to be made by the December Board Meeting so parents know where they are sending their kids next year and staff know where they will be.
**Wrapcare was not mentioned at this meeting.
2025 Monona Grove Capacity Study.