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P' Hugo City Hall • 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North • Hugo, Minnesota 55038 y Voters Approve New Elementary School For Hugo Residents in the White Bear Lake Area School believed we had a very well thought-out plan,and District#624 voted in favor of both questions we're so thankful and appreciative of the voters placed before them in the November 4,2003 elec- supporting what we proposed to do. It allows us tion,paving the way for a new elementary school to meet our enrollment demands for the next sev- to be built in the City of Hugo. eral years,to buy equipment for our classrooms, and to update and modernize some much-needed The first question,which passed by a margin of facilities." 5163 (53%)to 4583 (47%),asked school district residents to approve the issuance of$28.2 million Hugo Support Crucial in bonds to accomplish four things: Support from Hugo residents was crucial in get- Construct a new elementary school in Hugo to ting approval for the new elementary school. The P results for Question#1 in and accommodate 7506 a-_ __ , Hugo were 973 "yes" students in grades K-5. (75%)to 316 "no" (25%). THE NEW SCHOOL IS J • Renovate and remodel Susan Brott, GOING TO HAVE A MAJO • Communications the existing Hugo Coordinator for the School Elementary School to IMPACT ON THE QUALITY accommodate 500 stu- District also noted that there dents. This would be was a large voter turnout in Hugo, "larger than would done after the new school ► 1 have been expected given is built and be finished by the fall of 2008. that there wasn't anything else on the ballot." Hugo • Renovate the community City Council Member Chuck theater at Central Middle School in White Haas adds' "It was clear from the breakdown of Bear Lake and bring it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA). all the precincts that it could not have passed • Construct locker room improvements at both without the overwhelming support of the people campuses of the high school to bring them into of Hugo." compliance with federal Title IX requirements. Much of that support was a result of a strong _ The second question was a capital improvement campaign by"Partners for Building," a volunteer • group made up of community leaders,people levy asking residents to authorize spending of from the school board,and a parent group co- $500,000 per year for up to 10 years for the pur- chaired by Hugo residents Pauline Lacher and chase of computers and technology,library books, Dean Dehling. "A large group of parents commit- textbooks,science equipment,pianos and other musical equipment used for choirs and bands. ted a lot of time,"notes Lacher. She and Dehling Residents voted 54% "yes"to 46% "no" on this managed a core group of approximately 20 par- ents who were responsible for a variety of activi- question. ties including arranging for lawn signs to be dis- When asked for his reaction to the voters'deci- played,handing out brochures and answering sion, School District Superintendent Ted Blaesing questions at informational meetings and commu- stated, "We were just elated." He adds, "We New School:Continued on Page 6